With the Pill, Years of Cancer Protection
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British researchers found that women taking the birth control pill for 15 years halved their chances of developing ovarian cancer, even decades after they stop taking it.
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Researchers said on Thursday they had found more ways to activate the body's own anti-aging defenses -- perhaps with a pill that could fight multiple diseases at once.
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NEW YORK  - Women who have used birth control pills seem to have a slightly decreased risk of colon cancer as they age, a new study suggests.
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A new vaccine gives women at least several years of protection from the virus blamed for most cases of cervical cancer, according to the findings of a University of Washington-led study announced yesterday.
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Washington - Years of clinical trials have yielded promising results for a vaccine that would protect women from a virus that causes cervical cancer, researchers said on Monday.
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Years of clinical trials have yielded promising results for a vaccine that would protect women from a virus that causes cervical cancer.
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The contraceptive pill has prevented some 200,000 cases of ovarian cancer and 100,000 deaths from this disease since its introduction nearly half a century ago, according to a study published in next Saturday's Lancet medical journal.
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A class of hormone-blocking drugs called aromatase inhibitors was more effective in preventing breast cancer recurrence in women past menopause than was tamoxifen, a medication now prescribed
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A class of hormone-blocking drugs was more effective in preventing breast cancer recurrence in women past menopause than was a medication now prescribed by many doctors.
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Five years ago Japanese women's rights advocates won their battle to legalize the birth control pill. Now they are waging an even tougher fight &#151; getting women to use it.
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An American nationwide study has told women that the birth control pill is safe. In fact, women on the pill have a lower risk of heart disease and stroke.
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Potassium iodide pills could ward off cancer in the event of a nuclear accident, but many states have refused to take freebies from the feds. By Randy Dotinga.
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Scientists have found a way to prevent bowel cancer from growing.
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Women on the birth control pill are protected from ovarian cancer, even decades after they stop taking it, scientists said. British researchers found that women taking the pill for 15 years halved their chances of developing ovarian cancer, and that the risk remained low more than 30 years later, though protection weakened over time. The findings were published Friday in The Lancet.
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Designed to help doctors detect precancerous cells, a pill-sized camera may someday help diagnose diseases in parts of the body that are hard to reach by conventional means.
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A 20-year follow-up of a breast-cancer treatment trial shows that radiation, given in addition to surgery and chemotherapy, can increase women's survival prospects.
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NEW YORK  - Oral contraceptives with low levels of estrogen and progestin reduce the risk of ovarian cancer even more than older versions of the "Pill", according to investigators at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu.