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...Toniolo: Ovarian cancer tends to occur in middle and old age. But risk factors, like menstrual cycles or endometriosis, occur when women are younger. And as far as diagnosis goes, there are some blood tests that look promising but aren't completely proven as a screening tool. An average woman [with no enhanced risk factors, like a family history of ovarian cancer] should talk to her doctor to assess her risk...
...mice are different from people; they aren't perfect laboratory stand-ins. They don't age precisely the way people do, for example. They don't have monthly menstrual cycles, and their neurological and immune systems differ in important ways. Much better to have a more closely related animal with body systems that are more like ours--which is why primate center senior scientist Gerald Schatten and his colleagues decided to try manipulating the genes of the Rhesus monkey, a close cousin to humans and already the mainstay of many medical experiments...
TYING THE KNOT Heard that tubal sterilization means having to live with difficult menstrual periods? Not so, finds the largest study yet on the topic. Women who underwent the contraceptive procedure--in which the Fallopian tubes are tied, cauterized or clamped--were compared with women in a control group. Result? No difference was found in menstrual pain, amount of bleeding or length of cycle...
...deeply saddened by the article "Who Needs a Period?" about women's manipulating the timing of their monthly period, sometimes reducing it to just a few times a year [MEDICINE, Sept. 11]. The menstrual cycle is not a curse, as many women refer to it in jest, but a blessing that enables us, if we choose, to create life. What does it say about us if we wish to avoid one of the defining characteristics of our sex? How out of touch we have become if we begin to think of this natural experience as a burden. KAILIN M. FENN...
...They are afraid to be alone, afraid of the bleeding. For many it's psychological; they feel more reassured in a hospital than they do at home." Women who opt for the abortion pill must make up their minds very quickly. Since conception occurs about 14 days after a menstrual cycle begins, they actually have 35 days from the time they miss their period to suspect they are pregnant, decide to abort and set up the appointments. (Home-pregnancy tests will help.) But once they do, many women find the process oddly comforting. Although they expel the fetus, all they...