Vaginal powder use results in 50% increased risk for ovarian cancer, study suggests.

VAGINAL POWDER DUSTING, DEODORANT SPRAY "MODEST" EFFECT ON OVARIAN CANCER found by a study published in the March 3 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology. "Our results suggest that a history of perineal dusting or use of genital deodorant sprays has a modest influence on the development of epithelial ovarian tumors," authors Linda Cook, Mary Kamb and Noel Weiss, University of Washington, report.