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Dr. Mirkin: IUDs and Uterine Cancer Risk

Posted May 10, 2008 at 02:00 PM by Martha Jones

Section: Her Health, Her News

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,…

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Feeling the Heat of Menopause

Posted September 26, 2007 at 04:00 PM by Hariz Siddiqui

Section: Her Health, Her Nutrition, Her News

What should a woman take for hot flushes after the start of the menopause now that large studies show that taking estrogen and progesterone increases risk for breast cancer, heart attacks and strokes? Until recently, the only effective treatment for hot flushes…

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