Thursday, August 19, 2004

Pregnant pause

According to an article in the American journal Fertility and Sterility, the later in life a woman has her last baby the less like she is to contract ovarian cancer. Hormonal factors mean that you're 58% less likely to contract ovarian cancer if you have carry your a pregnancy to term after the age of 35. And if you have four children, you reduce the risk by 64%.

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