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Even now, the odd bleeding patterns of perimenopause are often attributed to fibroid tumors (which may or may not be a factor). Because their symptoms have been poorly understood, many women have undergone unnecessary hysterectomies and D&Cs (dilatation and curettage), a procedure that scrapes away the uterine lining. Roughly 1 out of 4 U.S. women is thrown into "surgical menopause" by the removal of her uterus and ovaries instead of hitting menopause naturally...
...actually the fourth human born from an egg matured outside the ovary. In 1991, Dr. Kwang Yul Cha and his colleagues at the Cha Woman's Hospital in Seoul removed the ovaries of a woman with fibroid tumors and isolated immature eggs, which were then ripened and fertilized in the lab. They transferred the embryos to a surrogate mother, who produced triplets. Since then Cha has not repeated his success...
...National Academy of Sciences says the fda should begin the approval process for RU-486, the so-called French abortion pill. The drug has already been tested in Europe. Besides preventing pregnancy, it may be useful in treating fibroid tumors, endometriosis and even cancer...
...carried out around the globe each year. European studies have shown that it is an effective morning-after pill, inducing less nausea or vomiting than other drugs used for the same purpose. There are also indications that RU 486 can combat endometriosis, a leading cause of female infertility, and fibroid tumors, a condition that often necessitates hysterectomy. Thus the same drug that can help some women end unwanted pregnancies may enable others to bear children. Assorted studies have found that RU 486 may also combat breast cancer and Cushing's syndrome, a life- threatening metabolic disorder...
...they have not slowed down enough. The fact is, he recently told the New York Academy of Medicine, that far too many hysterectomies are still being done on women under 40, when all that is really needed in many cases is a much more modest operation to remove benign fibroid tumors from the muscle wall of the womb...