Teen Girls Taking Oral Contraceptives May Be Less Likely To Seriously Injure Their Knees Than Girls Who Do Not, Study Finds.

reports that adolescent girls who take oral contraceptives “may be less likely to seriously injure their knees than those who don’t take” oral contraceptives, a study published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise suggests. After reviewing “data from more than 23,000 girls between the ages of 15 and 19 in the” US, researchers found that the teens “with the highest rates of ACL surgery were 22 percent less likely to be taking” oral contraceptives “than those who didn’t have an ACL injury.” http://consumer.healthday.com/bone-and-joint-information-4/knee-problem-news-436/women-knee-injuries-msse-utmbg-release-batch-2586-709170.html