Birth Control pills as Cancer reducing agents

Birth Control pills as Cancer reducing agents Dr. Steven R. Goldstein MD is a Gynecologist in Manhattan in private practice for over 25 years. In his practice Dr Goldstein often sees to whom he may recommend birth control pills for non-contraceptive reasons such as benefits in terms of bleeding control, less anemia, less cyclical hormonal swings and so on. Dr Goldstein states that it is important to know while the pill contains estrogen and progesterone, cancer-producing hormones, please note that in premenopausal women, the hormone in the pill works to suppress ovarian function and, thus, this hormone is instead of, not on top of what your body makes. So in taking birth control pills, your natural production of hormones stops and is replaced by the quantity in the pill. This is why the lowest dose pills are too low for women under 30-35 years of age. Dr Goldstein, an obgyn Manhattan, refers to a study by Cancer Research in the UK showing the effectiveness of birth control pills when it comes to cancer reduction. First a word about dose. (Recall however, that the lowest does pills are too low for women under 30-35 years of age as described above). This study was an observational study from the United Kingdom involving over