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...many ways, the story began four years ago when researchers halted a different part of the WHI--one that looked at the long-term health effects of taking the hormone combination estrogen and progestin (Prempro)--because of an increased risk of breast cancer and heart disease. (Women with a uterus who want to try hormone therapy must take both hormones because estrogen alone increases the risk of uterine cancer.) Two years later, the estrogen-only (Premarin) part of the trial, which focused on nearly 11,000 postmenopausal women who had undergone a hysterectomy, was stopped because of a slightly greater...
...have severe menopausal symptoms, have lost your uterus and don't have a high risk of developing breast cancer or blood clots, you can safely consider estrogen therapy for temporary relief. Eventually, as genetic tests based on blood samples from WHI participants start to be developed, investigators should be able to say even more precisely who is likely to benefit from estrogen treatment and who should avoid it. Meanwhile, stay tuned for more surprising WHI results...
...knows precisely what causes fibroid tumors. No one can say why those abnormal muscle-like growths in the uterus are so common, with 40% of women over 35 believed to have them. But this much is certain: fibroids cause an awful lot of misery. Although many fibroids remain small and symptomless, the benign tumors can grow to the size of grapefruits or even cantaloupes. Women with large fibroids often experience unrelenting pressure on the bladder and menstrual bleeding heavy enough to cause anemia. Fibroids are the reason for 30% of the 600,000 hysterectomies performed each year...
Like many women burdened with fibroids, Dorla Smith, 48, found the surgical options unappealing. The Chicago accountant dismissed the idea of a hysterectomy as "out of the question." She didn't want to face major surgery, the loss of her uterus and a prolonged recovery period. And she was uncomfortable with a less invasive option called uterine fibroid embolization (UFE), which involves injecting pellets of glycerin into the arteries that lead to the fibroids, choking off their blood supply. UFE can cause temporary but intensely painful cramps. But after living for three years with occasional pain and a belly swollen...
...task force report compares the experience of women who go to Planned Parenthood, the state?s primary abortion provider, with those who go to crisis pregnancy centers. It charges that women are ?misled? by abortion providers, who dehumanize the fetus (calling it ?tissue? or ?the contents of the uterus?) and do not reveal that ?the procedure will terminate the life of a human being.? An epidemic of remorse and depression results. At the crisis pregnancy centers, nearly a third of women arrive considering having an abortion, but barely 2% go forward after they are counseled about the nature of fetal...