Not too long ago, I wrote a post about birth control as one of the things you will need to think about after the birth of your baby is what type of birth control method you are going to use. In that post, I mentioned the birth control pill as a popular form of birth control. A new article out of The Money Times sheds light on another reason to possibly consider the pill as your form of a contraceptive besides preventing pregnancy.

New studies conducted by Oxford University show that the use of an oral contraceptive can reduce your risk of ovarian cancer. According to Valerie Beral, director of the Cancer Research Unit at Oxford University, “Not only does the pill prevent pregnancy, but in the long term, you could actually get less cancer as well. That’s a nice bonus.”

Researcher Valerie Beral and other researchers analyzed data from forty five different studies that covered over 23,000 women in order to come to t heir findings. They found that women taking the pill for fifteen years halved their chances of developing ovarian cancer and that the risk remained low for at least thirty years after they stopped taking the pill. They also noted that the pill has already prevented nearly 200,000 women from developing ovarian cancer and has prevented 100,000 deaths from the disease. She also notes that more than over 100 million women are currently taking the pill so the number of cases of ovarian cancer that are prevented from the pill is only going to increase over the years.

While this is a now noted benefit of taking the birth control pill, there are some risks involved as well so when considering what birth control option might be best for you, discuss and weigh both the pros and cons with your doctor.

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