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"The latest newfangled birth control pill coming to a pharmacy near you? It&amp;#x27;s supplemented with vitamins. But are birth control pills and vitamins really such a good thing? Bayer, the makers of Yaz birth control pills, just received government approval for Beyaz, a new oral contraceptive that is just like Yaz but with a boost of folic acid in users. As you know, the essential B-vitamin is linked with lowering the rate of birth defects, and the makers of the new pill say that women who accidentally become pregnant on the pill will receive greater protection from birth defects. &amp;quot;Combining an oral contraceptive with folate is important, because women may become pregnant during [oral contraceptive] use or shortly after discontinuation, possibly before seeking preconception counseling from their health care provider,&amp;quot; wrote Dr. Anita Nelson, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Harbor-University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center in a Bayer HealthCare statement. My take? While I like that it&amp;#x27;s a move that may reduce serious birth defects in the event of an unplanned pregnancy, I can&amp;#x27;t deny that the new pill feels a little weird to me. Then again, it may give some women the extra assurance they need. How about you? Would you take this new pill? For what reasons? P.S. 5 shocking things many women don&amp;#x27;t know about sex, and should you get rid of your period? More Ways to Get Glamour Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Add us to your iGoogle homepage Photo: istock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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