this is fucked up -- ovarian cancer study

[rmd]

so, i participated in a "lifestyle factors" study done at the brigham comparing women who've had ovarian cancer and those who haven't. study population was about 2000 women split up into, a bunch who had ovarian cancer, and a bunch who were randomly selected from the general population.

some of the study results are out.

there's apparently a strong correlation between women who have used talcum powder near their nether bits and women who've had ovarian cancer.

in all of my dark "i brought this disease on myself somehow" catholic guilt moments, TALCUM POWDER is really not the thing i expected to be a strong factor.

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[rmd.livejournal.com]

yeah. my "you have somehow brought this on yourself" catholic guilt never expected that one.

oh, also, hormonal birth control pills are linked to lower rates of ovarian cancer.

[poodlgrl.livejournal.com]

Of course you can just drop from a bunch of other shit from bcp's I think. You are cancer free though now, right? (she says, nervously, afraid she missed some bad news).

[rmd.livejournal.com]

yes! i continue to not have cancer any more again. which is good because i'm running out of parts that i'm not using.

the folks doing the study i'd participated in happened to send me a newsletter this week with "here's what we know!" stuff in it.

btw, i'm incredibly impressed at how you're dealing with stuff.

[sabyl.livejournal.com]

Hmm - so I wonder about the population that uses talcum powder near their "nether bits" and have been on hormonal birth control.

And so glad I've discovered monistat anti-chafe cream. Better than talcum powder IMO in function too.