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EPISODE · Feb 16, 2018 · 5 MIN

Birth Control Pills Could Lower Risk of Uterine and Ovarian Cancer

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At least 30 percent of women in the United States use oral contraceptives for their birth control. For a long time, there has been fear of a link between birth control pills and diseases such as ovarian cancer. But a new study suggests that women who take pills actually have a lower risk of uterine and ovarian cancer. Women's expert Dr. Kirtly Parker Jones talks about the new study.

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