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More on the benefits of using oral contraceptives - and of having kids. http://www.clinicalendocrinologynews.com/specialty-focus/reproductive-endocrinology/single-article-page/study-confirms-role-of-oral-contraceptives-in-preventing-ovarian-cancer/7d253397f184402b915c6fe19d8c9acd.html on SGO: The good guys

More on the link between lack of exercise and ovarian cancer. Cause and effect rather murky. http://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/ovarian-cancer/exercise-may-protect-against-epithelial-ovarian-cancer/article/504709/ on THE DEATH OF CANCER?

Will this topic never die? I am so upset that I plan to grill a steak this evening. http://www.cancertodaymag.org/Spring2016/Pages/What's-The-Beef-Cancer-Risk-Meat.aspx on BACON FOREVER!

And here is another use for NIR radiation. Recent experiments indicate that NIR can make the cancer surgeon’s job easier. In OVCA, surgical “debulking” – cutting out all visible tumor – is SOP. It is, however, notably inefficient, because the surgeon must recognize cancerous material “By eye”. Now it appears that help for the surgeon is within sight. Some clever people have developed a chemical that is readily absorbed by OVCA tissue, but by scarcely anything else. This stuff will glow when subjected to NIR, and guide the surgeon’s knife to hidden bits of bad stuff. As always – not a cure, but progress none the less. http://www.news-medical.net/news/20160615/Novel-imaging-technique-may-assist-surgeons-to-improve-visualization-of-ovarian-tumors-during-surgery.aspx on NCI brings you NIR-PIT

I am a sucker for anything having “epigenetic” in the title, so I picked up on this article – but learned darned little. Apparently there is something called “epigenetic medicine”. Maybe someday someone will tell me what it is. http://medicalresearch.com/author-interviews/breast-and-ovarian-cancers-may-have-common-epigenetic-origin/24690/ on EPIGENETIC APOCALYPSE NOW: I warned you.

More on endometriosis. Ladies, you should appreciate me http://thestir.cafemom.com/healthy_living/198268/5_things_you_didnt_know on NOT A GUY THING

More on BSOR, Does your gynecologist know this? http://news.yale.edu/2016/01/21/sparing-ovaries-and-removing-fallopian-tubes-may-cut-cancer-risk-few-have-procedure on FREE MEDICAL ADVICE (and worth every penny)

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