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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/dr-mirkin-iuds-and-uterine-cancer-risk/">Dr. Mirkin: IUDs and Uterine Cancer Risk</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted May 10, 2008 at 02:00 PM by Martha Jones</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">They’re supposed to prevent pregnancy, and they do, but intrauterine devices (IUDs) also reduce uterine cancer risk by more than 40 percent (Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, May 6, 2008). An IUD is a small, T-shaped plastic device inserted into the uterus.&nbsp; Only two percent of women who use contraception in the United States choose an IUD, despite the proven safety and effectiveness of this long-term method.&nbsp; Worldwide, however, IUDs are the most widely used reversible contraceptive.&nbsp; Most IUDs prevent pregnancy by releasing small amounts of the hormone progesterone into the uterus.&nbsp; This is also why they help to prevent uterine cancer. The ovaries of healthy women are supposed to produce two hormones: estrogen and progesterone.&nbsp; Many women lack progesterone and they are the women who are at increased risk for…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/dr-mirkin-iuds-and-uterine-cancer-risk/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/dr-mirkin-iuds-and-uterine-cancer-risk/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/dr-mirkin-iuds-and-uterine-cancer-risk/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/dr-mirkin-iuds-and-uterine-cancer-risk/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-news/">her-news</a><br /><br /> </P>