Some cancers:
Women on the pill reduce their risk of colon cancer by 14 percent and endometrial cancer by 43 percent, per a 2013 study.
Not exact matches
The BPAS has lobbied Boots to
reduce the cost of the
pill to make it more accessible for
women having difficulty getting the drug quickly
on the NHS.
And for an interesting look at the problem of categorizing the
pill as an abortifacient, check out Libby Anne's piece
on the topic, where she notes that «if your goal is to save «unborn babies,» and if you truly believe that a zygote — a fertilized egg — has the same value and worth as you or I — the only responsible thing to do is to put every sexually active
woman on the
pill,» because the
pill actually
reduces the number of zygotes naturally rejected by a
woman's body.
For
women experiencing Non-Insulin Resistant PCOS, blood sugar lowering drugs will have no effect
on the condition, and neither will
reducing weight or going
on the
pill.