Word: laragh
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...BLOOD AND CLOTS. Hormone components of the Pill appear to "rev up" the chain reaction of yet other hormones that regulate blood pressure. Columbia University's Dr. John H. Laragh has seen 20 women whose blood pressure skyrocketed while they were on the Pill; presumably they were unusually sensitive to the hormonal effect. Women with kidney disease are especially susceptible. A related mechanism, said Laragh, explains some complaints of "feeling bloated" and gaining weight, usually during the first three or four months that a woman is taking the Pill; some of the hormones involved cause retention of salt...