A new study by researchers from the University of California, San Diego, has tied latitude differences to ovarian cancer risk. The study published in the December issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine showed that exposure to the sun, and more precisely, vitamin D production in the body, may help prevent this disease.

The recent research furthers the evidence for the previous studies which have linked vitamin D intake and vitamin D levels in the blood to cancer risk

A new study conducted by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in Los Angeles shows that obese women with ovarian cancer typically fare worse than their thinner counterparts.

Health Day News quotes senior researcher Dr. Andrew Li, a gynecologic oncologist as saying, "If women develop ovarian cancer and they are obese, they have a lower chance of survival than those who are overweight or normal weight

A team of scientists from Athens University says regular use of Paracetamol could reduce the risk of ovarian cancer. The cancer risk dropped by 30%, after the team analyzed eight previous studies into the impact of the painkiller, in more than 746,000 women.

"Strategies that focus on prevention may therefore provide the most rational approach for reducing deaths from this form of cancer," Dr Stefanos Bonovas, the lead researcher of the study tells the BBC. "Because Paracetamol is so widely used, a link with a decreased risk of ovarian cancer could have important public health implications

A study by researchers at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has revealed that childless women and the ones who were overweight in their teens or gain excess pounds later are at increased risks of contracting ovarian cancer.

In the study which involved 2,110 women with and without ovarian cancer, researchers found that the women who were relatively heavy, either in recent years or at the age of 18, were more likely than their thinner peers to develop the disease

University of Michigan researchers claim ginger may kill off ovarian cancer cells and could even serve as a catalyst for a new cancer drug.

During testing, university researchers uncovered that not only did ginger kill off cancer cells, but also stopped them from becoming resistant to treatment