A recent study from Columbia University Irving Medical Center reviewed the risk of cervical cancer among women using intrauterine devices (IUDs) as a contraceptive. While previous studies from the ...

“Invasive cervical cancer may be approximately one third less frequent in women who have used an IUD.” That’s the conclusion from a systematic review published this week in the journal Obstetrics and ...

Women who reported using an intrauterine device (IUD) for contraception had almost half the risk of developing cervical cancer compared to those who had not, data from a large epidemiological study ...

Women who use copper intrauterine devices (IUD) as a form of birth control may be at lower risk for high-grade cervical cancer compared with those who use a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine ...

Copper intrauterine device users were found to have a lower risk of high-grade cervical neoplasms compared with levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system users. Copper intrauterine device (IUD) ...

Are you on birth control? If you use an intrauterine device, also known as an IUD, you may have a lower risk of developing cervical cancer, according to a new report. Researchers from the University ...

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The IUD, or intrauterine device, is a highly effective method of birth control, and now a new study reveals that it may be useful in guarding against cervical cancer as well.more A research team from ...