A recent study by my research group appearing next month in Aging Cell reveals shortened longevity as a possible complication associated with
ovary removal in dogs (1).
A Mayo Clinic research team has found evidence suggesting that the controversial practice of
ovary removal in premenopausal women to prevent ovarian cancer should be discontinued in women who are not at high risk of cancer.
Not exact matches
I must say that I find it completely odious that you appear not to be even slightly bothered by the fact that the denial of bc resulted
in the loss of a young woman's
ovary, except to the extent that it might have cost more to remove the
ovary than to have paid for medication that might have prevented the necessity of the
removal.
In a New York Times OpEd — the same place she revealed she had undergone a double mastectomy two years ago in hopes of avoiding the cancer that killed her mother — actress Angelina Jolie writes about the removal of her ovaries and fallopian tubes following a cancer scare blood tes
In a New York Times OpEd — the same place she revealed she had undergone a double mastectomy two years ago
in hopes of avoiding the cancer that killed her mother — actress Angelina Jolie writes about the removal of her ovaries and fallopian tubes following a cancer scare blood tes
in hopes of avoiding the cancer that killed her mother — actress Angelina Jolie writes about the
removal of her
ovaries and fallopian tubes following a cancer scare blood test.
Their study, which focused on the relationship between mid-life women and young children, found that women who underwent rapid menopause, caused by the surgical
removal of
ovaries, had fewer hot flashes and night sweats when young children lived
in their homes.
Neutering, a surgical procedure which involves castration or
removal of the uterus and
ovaries, is used as an alternative to lethal means
in feral cat population control.
The study shows that women who had a hysterectomy without any
ovary removal had a 14 percent increased risk
in lipid abnormalities, a 13 percent increased risk of high blood pressure, an 18 percent increased risk of obesity and a 33 percent increased risk of coronary artery disease.
Velculescu cautions that medical practice may not change much until additional studies validate their findings, and there are ongoing clinical trials studying the
removal of fallopian tubes instead of
ovaries in women with cancer - causing, hereditary BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations.
Caught very early, physicians may be able to do a radical hysterectomy, a complex procedure that includes
removal of the uterus as well as connective tissue and lymph nodes
in the pelvis but preserving the
ovaries, Ghamande said.
Unfortunately, I am no expert
in PCOS, but it certainly sounds moving forward with
removal of the remaining
ovary is a plausible next step if your providers are suggesting it.
Levels of testosterone and its precursor, DHEA, decrease
in women at menopause, and are often particularly low
in women who have a «surgical menopause» or total hysterectomy with
removal of the
ovaries.
Again, hysterectomy with or without
removal of the
ovaries will cause a more significant decline
in testosterone levels.
The most common reason for low estrogen
in women is menopause or surgical
removal of the
ovaries.
In the case of a hysterectomy and oophorectomy — the
removal of your
ovaries — you can definitely expect hormone change, and that's why HRT is top - of - mind for many women who have just had, or are considering, these procedures.
These treatments, such as
removal of the uterus and
ovaries, have been linked
in other studies to potential heart disease risk, the study authors said.
Like pretty much everyone else this week, I paid a lot of attention to Angelina Jolie's very brave decision to publicize her prophylactic bilateral mastectomy, and now her prophylactic oopherectomies (
removal of her
ovaries)
in order to radically reduce her very high risk of breast and ovarian cancer.
It involves the surgical
removal of the
ovaries and uterus through an incision
in the abdomen.
This procedure consists of a small incision
in the abdomen allowing for the
removal of the
ovaries and uterus.
Removal of the hormone - producing testicles and
ovaries may improve cats» health
in many ways and certainly helps to deal with a potentially exploding animal population, but it reduces your pet's metabolic rate and allows food to affect weight more directly, as
in men and women after andropause and menopause.
But we found no evidence that factors which may influence a pet owner's decision on age at
ovary removal — for example, earlier ovariectomy
in dogs with substandard conformation or delayed ovariectomy to obtain more offspring
in daughters of long - lived mothers — could adequately account for the strong association.
Interestingly, our findings
in dogs surface just as data from women are calling into question whether those who undergo hysterectomy should have
ovary removal or
ovary sparing.
It would seem that,
in light of the new scientific findings, a contemporary dialogue should balance the potential benefits of elective
ovary removal (13) with its possible detrimental effects on longevity.
Some veterinarians are now advocating the
removal of only the
ovaries in female rabbits less then 2 years of age.
Spaying is the
removal of the
ovaries and uterus of a female pet and neutering is the
removal of testicles
in a male.
Laparoscopic procedures we now perform include: Gastropexy — permanently attaching the stomach to the body wall to prevent deadly bloat
in giant breed dogs; Ovariectomy —
removal of the
ovaries, also called a laparoscopic spay; Cryptorchid neuter —
removal of an abdominally - retained testicle; and Abdominal exploratories, with biopsies of the liver, pancreas, intestine, or spleen.
The spey involves
removal of both the
ovaries and the uterus
in a female pet.
Spaying (
removal of the
ovaries and uterus
in the female) and neutering (
removal of the testicles
in the male) is recommended for all puppies and kittens between 4 and 6 months of age.
In a female pet, this procedure is known as a spay and requires the
removal of the
ovaries.
Plaintiffs filed a Daubert Motion to exclude defendant's gynecological pathology expert who was prepared to testify that plaintiff had fallopian tube cancer, not ovarian cancer, that she had advanced cancer prior to her first visit with defendant
in 1999, and that
removal of
ovaries would not have made a difference
in her outcome.