Yet consider the phrase "sugaring the pill" : pills are medicine and as such are poisonous in large quantities.

然而，考虑“给药片加上糖衣”的说法：药片是药，并且其本身在大剂量下是有毒的。

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At the same time, other large studies, including one published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2002, found no increase in breast-cancer risk among pill users.

同时，一些其他的大规模研究，其中包括一项发表在2002《新英格兰医学杂志(New England Journal of Medicine)》的研究报告，其结果却是，在避孕药服用者中没有发现乳腺癌增长风险。

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And a large study released in March found that women who took oral contraceptives at some point in their lives have a lower risk of death than women who never tried the Pill.

三月进行的一项大型调查结果显示服用过避孕药的妇女死亡率低于那些从未使用过的。

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Sensing the sudden new strength of her position, Miss Bhutto has said that she will co-operate only if she can become prime minister for the third time, too large a pill for the general to swallow.

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Separately, Vivus has now succumbed to shareholder pressure and begun holdings talks with large drugmakers to market its Qsymia diet pill, which has so far failed to live up to its promise, despite becoming the first commercially available prescription diet pill to be approved by the FDA in more than a decade.

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Through fame and fortune, the Pill has brought Dr Djerassi a large and varied list of acquaintances.

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