Removal And Storage Of Ovarian Tissue Enables Birth After Cancer Treatment

For the first time in Germany, a woman has given birth to a child after removal and preservation of tissue from one of her ovaries. This course of action was necessary to avoid infertility owing to chemo- and radiotherapy. Andreas Müller and his colleagues report the case in the current issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2012; 109[1-2]: 8-13)…

Menopause a time to make important decisions

Hotflashes, mood swings, sleep disturbances and irregular menstrual cycles are all signs that a woman is approaching menopause. This is a time of transition, marking the end of fertility and heralding

Factors Linked to Age of Onset of Menopause Identified

THURSDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) — New genetic factors associated with a woman's age when she begins menopause have been identified by an international team of researchers.

Women in menopause experience real estrogen ‘withdrawal’

We’ve all heard about, or perhaps even experienced, the effects of alcohol, tobacco or drug withdrawal. When a woman goes through menopause, the wide-ranging and sometimes drastic changes she feels throughout her body are the effects of another kind of withdrawal — estrogen withdrawal.The small hormone estrogen is made in the ovaries and has an ultimate child-bearing function, but there are …

Treating menopause symptoms

Good Samaritan Hospital doctor talks about how to deal with changes Every woman will experience menopause, some in the normal course of aging and some before. It can bring on a host of symptoms in addition to hot flashes. But there are things that women can do, from improving their diet and exercising to finding the right treatment, explains Dr. Rakhi Gupta, a gynecologist at the Center for …

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