Douching Could Double Your Risk for This Type of Cancer

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Researchers looked at roughly 50,000 women, which is a solid sample size. And while their results don’t indicate that douching directly causes ovarian cancer, the data does show that it could up your odds. The study also points out that the relative risk could be even higher because the researchers only looked at women who’d douched recently.

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Still debating the practice? Think of it this way: The CDC estimates that 20,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year, so given that your vag does a really solid job cleaning itself (we swear), is it really worth tempting fate? We think not.