Re: HYSTERECTOMY-OVARIES: Hysterectomy: Spare Ovaries, Boost Health? New Study Results
From: Hope Waltman (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:27:47 -0500 (CDT)
More press articles about the study:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/health/research/28ovar.html?_r=1&ref=health
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-hysterectomy21-2009apr21,0,4404944.story
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/21/health/webmd/main4959715.shtml
At Tue, 21 Apr 2009, Hope Waltman wrote:
>
>Hysterectomy: Spare Ovaries, Boost Health?
>Ovary Removal Decreases Ovarian Cancer Risk but Increases Risk of Heart
>Disease and Death, Study Says
>
>"For women without a strong family history of ovarian cancer or genetic
>predisposition to it, these heart disease and death risks appear to
>outweigh the benefit of the decreased cancer risk, says William H.
>Parker, MD, the study's lead author and a gynecologic surgeon and
>researcher at the John Wayne Cancer Institute at St. John's Health
>Center, Santa Monica, Calif. The study is published in the May issue of
>Obstetrics & Gynecology.
>
>To find out, Parker and his colleagues from Harvard Medical School and
>numerous other institutions tracked the health outcomes of 29,380 women
>participants in the long-running Nurses' Health Study. All had a
>hysterectomy for reasons other than cancer. More than half, or 16,345,
>had both ovaries removed; the other 13,035 women kept their ovaries."
>
>http://women.webmd.com/news/20090421/hysterectomy-spare-ovaries-boost-health?src=RSS_PUBLIC
>
>Note: Dr. Parker is an Editorial Advisor for the OBGYN.net Fibroid
>Forum. His website URL - http://www.ovaryresearch.com.
>
>http://www.obgyn.net/fibroid-resource-center/?page=/all_advisors/W_Parker
>
>Best Regards, Hope Waltman, WHF Moderator
>http://www.hopeforfibroids.org
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