Julie Laifer, MD, is an attending physician in the department of obstetrics/gynecology at Bridgeport Hospital–Yale New Haven Health in Bridgeport, Connecticut, a private practitioner in Trumbull, Connecticut, and a member of the HealthyWoman from Bottom Line advisory board.
In May, after I reported that birth control pills are less effective for overweight women, a reader e-mailed me, basically…
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