The Nation - News from April 19, 1985
Women who use birth control pills may increase their risk of developing chlamydia trachomatis, the most common sexually transmitted disease in America and a leading cause of some pelvic infections, a new study says. From 15% to 25% of the 2 million women who get chlamydial infections each year develop pelvic inflammatory disease, which can lead to infertility, Dr. A. Eugene Washington of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta reported in the Journal of the American Medical Assn.
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