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...Women who've had a hysterectomy may be able to forgo annual PAP SMEARS. The test detects cervical cancer but is also used to identify cancerous vaginal cells in women who have had their uterus--and cervix--removed. Now research finds that vaginal cancer is too rare to warrant routine testing...
...first in vitro baby in the U.S. was born three years later, and since then the procedure has been responsible for 26,000 more births in America alone. For women with blocked or scarred Fallopian tubes that prevent eggs from reaching the uterus, the technology has been a godsend. But for others, particularly those in whom doctors cannot find the reason for infertility, in vitro can be an exercise in frustration. It is expensive (about $7,800 for each attempt, three or four of which are often needed to achieve success) and not covered by many insurance plans...
...cells, technicians remove one or two cells and test them for the harmful gene carried by the parents. The embryos develop normally even though cells have been removed, and once the test results come back, the defective embryos are discarded. Only healthy ones are transferred into the woman's uterus...
Women who have had a C-SECTION and then try but fail to deliver the next baby vaginally double their risk of suffering rare complications in childbirth. Among them: ruptured uterus and bowel lacerations...
Still, the FDA's action is bound to be controversial. While medical authorities consider that pregnancy begins when a fertilized egg implants itself in the uterus, most right-to-life advocates insist that life begins when the egg is fertilized, before implantation, and denounce any subsequent intervention. Trussell points out, however, that postcoital use can work at any of four stages in the female reproductive cycle. It can prevent ovulation, fertilization of the egg or transportation of the egg to the uterus; it can also make the uterine lining inhospitable to implantation. In any individual, he says, there...