<div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Two Australian doctors have suggested that Catholic nuns be given contraceptive pills.</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Dr Kara Britt and Professor Roger Short said that the Pill would protect nuns from the 'accursed pest' of cancer, which has been recognised for 300 years, reports the Independent.</div><div><br /></div><div>Like other women who do not have children, nuns are at an increased risk of dying from breast, ovarian or uterine cancers.</div><div><br /></div><div>Studies show that women who have taken the contraceptive pill at anytime in their lives - the effect lasts for at least 20 years - have a 50-60 per cent reduced risk of ovarian and uterine cancer.</div><div><br /></div><div>The report was published in the medical journal The Lancet.</div>        

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