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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After decades of scares, the US Women&#39;s Health Initiative, which studied 162,000 women, found those who had taken the oral contraceptive had a lower chance of heart problems.
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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.
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Taking the contraceptive pill does not  increase a woman&#39;s chance of developing cancer and could even  reduce the risk of getting the killer disease, a major British  medical study showed on Wednesday.
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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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Side effects are causing women to stop taking pills that can help keep breast cancer from returning, and women who stop taking the pills risk early death, according to several reports released on Thursday.
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New research suggests that estrogen pills may offer some heart benefits for certain younger women who have had hysterectomies and start taking the pills in their 50s.
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Postmenopausal women with early breast cancer who take tamoxifen for five years appear to have a 30 percent lower risk of dying from coronary heart disease than
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Scientists have found a way to prevent bowel cancer from growing.
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CHICAGO -- For the first time, doctors say they have found a pill that improves survival for people with liver cancer, a notoriously hard to treat disease diagnosed in more than half a million people globally each year.
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WOMEN on the birth control pill have surprisingly lower risks of heart disease, strokes and cancer, according to the largest women&#39;s health study ever done.
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A natural family planning method is as effective as the contraceptive pill, German research suggests.
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The new finding that birth control pills may actually help a woman&#39;s health is raising several questions, not to mention a few eyebrows.
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FRIDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Women who have had advanced precancerous lesions of the cervix are still at risk for invasive cancers up to 25 years later, Swedish researchers report.
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Years of clinical trials have yielded promising results for a vaccine that would protect women from a virus that causes colon and cervical cancer, researchers said on Monday.
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SAN ANTONIO -- The millions of women who quit taking menopause hormones after a big federal study found that the pills raised the risk of breast cancer now have more reason to be glad they stopped.
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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.