Women With Fibroids Often Offered Hysterectomy Over Less Invasive Treatment

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• July 11, 2024
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Women with uterine fibroids are often told hysterectomy is the best treatment, even though less invasive options are available, a new stu...

Olivia Munn Underwent Hysterectomy After Breast Cancer Diagnosis

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• May 13, 2024
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Actress and "X-men" star Olivia Munn has revealed that she underwent egg retrieval and then a hysterectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

In an article published on Mother's Day, Munn told Vogue she opted for hysterectomy because it allowed her to avo...

Endometriosis Can Complicate a Hysterectomy

• Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• October 31, 2023
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Patients living with endometriosis are more likely to have complications during and after a hysterectomy, new research indicates.

Knowing that, surgeons should be prepared for these problems from the outset, the researchers from University of Texas Southwestern Medical C...

Early-Life Removal of Ovaries Could Bring Faster Aging

• Sarah D. Collins HealthDay Reporter
• September 14, 2023
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Premenopausal women who have surgery to remove the ovaries (oophorectomy) and fallopian tubes may face chronic medical conditions and a decline in physical functioning, new research warns.

"The study is important because it emphasizes information that we already know, an...

How Fibroids, Endometriosis Affect a Woman's Odds for Ovarian Cancer

• Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• May 3, 2023
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Having uterine fibroids or endometriosis can increase a woman's risk of developing ovarian cancer, but a new study finds that a hysterectomy can lower that risk for both Black and white women with fibroids.

"Conditions such as endometriosis and fibroids can impact health...

Ovary Removal When Young Could Raise Parkinson's Risk

• Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• March 27, 2023
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Women who have both of their ovaries removed before age 43 have an increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease or parkinsonism, according to a recent study.

This may owe to the sudden loss of estrogen and other hormones, which causes an abrupt endocrine dysfunction ...

Removing Ovaries During Hysterectomy Before 50 Can Bring Health Risks

• Cara Murez
• December 9, 2021
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New research on hysterectomies among women who don't have cancer determined there is an age at which it is safer to also remove the ovaries and fallopian tubes and an age at which it isn't.

Canadian scientists studied the cases of more than 200,500 women who had a hyster...

Is Hysterectomy Always Needed for a Common, Painful Gynecologic Condition?

• Steven Reinberg
• September 14, 2021
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A hysterectomy isn't necessarily needed to treat a common women's health problem, researchers report.

Adenomyosis is abnormal tissue growth in the wall of the uterus, which causes cramps and heavy menstrual bleeding. The condition affects as many as one in three women.