Newer OCs may boost levels of heart-risk protein

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In young, healthy, normal-weight women, use of newer "third-generation" oral contraceptive pills may raise levels of an inflammatory protein linked to heart disease known as C-reactive protein, or CRP -- potentially placing these women at higher risk for blood clots and heart disease, researchers report.

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