http://www.medindia.net/healthnews/Hysterectomy-news.asp Medindia largest health website in india. en-us Copyright 2012. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 25 May 2012 06:18:49 GMT http://www.medindia.net/news/protective-effect-on-endometrial-cancer-could-be-provided-by-low-bone-density-medications-study-99298-1.htm A protective effect for endometrial cancer could be offered by low bone density medications, such as Fosamax, Boniva and Actonel, states study at Henry Ford Hospital. Endometrial cancer affects more than 45,000 women a year in the U.S., usually in their 60s, although it can occur before 40. A type of uterine cancer, it's the most commonly diagnosed gynecologic cancer, and there is no known preventive medication for women at high risk of developing it. "The results of the study suggest that ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/protective-effect-on-endometrial-cancer-could-be-provided-by-low-bone-density-medications-study-99298-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Coffee-Cuts-Endometrial-Cancer-Risk-by-25-95383-1.htm Endometrial cancer is the most common uterine cancer and research has shown that women who drink 4 or more cups of coffee per day are at reduced risk of endometrial cancer.When researchers followed dietary details, lifestyle information and medical history of 67,470 women aged 34-59 from the start of the study in 1980 till 2006; they found that compared with women who drank less than 1 cup of coffee a day, those who drank 4 or more cups had a 25% lower risk of endometrial cancer. Participants who ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Coffee-Cuts-Endometrial-Cancer-Risk-by-25-95383-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Hysterectomy-Raises-Early-Menopause-Risk-in-Younger-Women-93481-1.htm Younger women who undergo hysterectomies are twice at risk of developing menopause early, a study by Duke University researchers has confirmed what many obstetricians and gynaecologists have suspected. The study is the largest analysis to track over time the actual hormonal impact of woman who had hysterectomies and compare them to women whose uteruses remained intact. "Hysterectomy is a common treatment for many conditions, including fibroids and excessive bleeding," said Patricia G. Moorman, PhD....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Hysterectomy-Raises-Early-Menopause-Risk-in-Younger-Women-93481-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Obesity-and-Endometrial-Cancer-Risk-92401-1.htm Postmenopausal women who gain weight during adulthood are at an increased risk for endometrial cancer compared with women who maintained a stable weight, finds study. Victoria L. Stevens, Ph.D., strategic director of laboratory services at the National Home Office of the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, presented the data at the 10th AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, held Oct. 22-25, 2011. Stevens and colleagues investigated whether adulthood ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Obesity-and-Endometrial-Cancer-Risk-92401-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Preeclampsia-Put-Down-to-the-Battle-Between-Placenta-and-Uterus-91817-1.htm A battle that brews in the mother's womb between the father's biological goal to produce the biggest, healthiest baby possible vs. the mother's need to live through delivery might help explain preeclampsia, an often deadly disease of pregnancy. The fetus must be big enough to thrive, yet small enough to pass through the birth canal. In a new study, Yale researchers describe the mechanism that keeps these conflicting goals in balance. The findings are published in the October 11, 2011 online issue of IReproductive Sciences/I....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Preeclampsia-Put-Down-to-the-Battle-Between-Placenta-and-Uterus-91817-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Increased-Iron-Levels-in-the-Brain-Linked-to-Hysterectomy-91598-1.htm The right amount of iron is needed for proper cell function in the human body, but too much is associated with brain diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Science knows that men have more iron in their bodies and brains than women. These higher levels may be part of the explanation for why men develop these age-related neurodegenerative diseases at a younger age. But why do women have less iron in their systems than men? One possible explanation for the gender difference is that ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Increased-Iron-Levels-in-the-Brain-Linked-to-Hysterectomy-91598-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Hysterectomy-Increases-Stroke-Heart-Disease-Risk-89055-1.htm Young women who have undergone hysterectomy combined with removal of both ovaries are at increased risk of developing stroke and coronary heart disease. This fact provides the background for the epidemiological report by Andreas Stang and colleagues on hysterectomy rates in Germany, which appears in the current issue of IDeutsches Arzteblatt International/I. Removal of the uterus (hysterectomy) is among the commonest procedures in surgical gynecology. Stang et al. based their report ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Hysterectomy-Increases-Stroke-Heart-Disease-Risk-89055-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Hysterectomy-Performed-on-an-Indian-Male-88661-1.htm ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Hysterectomy-Performed-on-an-Indian-Male-88661-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Worlds-First-Womb-Transplant-Will-See-Mom-Donate-Uterus-to-Daughter-86369-1.htm A 56-year old British woman is willing to participate in the world's first womb transplant surgery which could see her uterus donated to her daughter who was born without reproductive organs. Eva Ottosson said that she hoped the transplant will be successful one and allow her 25-year old daughter, Sara, to become pregnant. Sara suffers from a condition known as Mayer Rokitansky Kuster Hauser (MRKH) syndrome which means that she was born without any reproductive organs. This will be the second time that such a transplant has been tried....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Worlds-First-Womb-Transplant-Will-See-Mom-Donate-Uterus-to-Daughter-86369-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/BPA-Exposure-Affects-Uterus-Development-86120-1.htm In female primates, BPA exposure is associated with changes in uterus development, reveals research. "Previous studies have shown that BPA can affect the reproductive tract. However, because the studies were done in rodents, it was uncertain if this would also be true in humans," said co-author Carmen Williams, MD, PhD, a clinical investigator with the National Institute of Environmental Sciences (NIEHS), Research Triangle Park, N.C. The new study used the rhesus monkey, a species that ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/BPA-Exposure-Affects-Uterus-Development-86120-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Woman-Gives-Birth-to-Baby-That-Grew-in-Fallopian-Tubes-and-Not-Uterus-85681-1.htm A 27-year old Arizona resident became the woman to give birth to a baby even though she had cornual pregnancy wherein the fertilized embryo is not in the uterus. Nicollete Soto had tried to conceive for more than five years without any success and when she found that she was finally pregnant, the doctors warned that she had a rare kind of pregnancy where in the embryo was located in a part of the Fallopian tube that was attached to the muscular layer of the uterus. So far there has been no successful ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Woman-Gives-Birth-to-Baby-That-Grew-in-Fallopian-Tubes-and-Not-Uterus-85681-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Uterus-of-226-Women-Removed-in-Rajasthan-Hospitals-83773-1.htm In a shocking revelation it has been found that three private hospitals in Rajasthan's Dausa district carried out 226 hysterectomy surgeries (removal of uterus) out of the 385 female patients who had visited the hospital from March to September in the previous year. The three controversial hospitals are Madan Nursing Hospital, Sri Balaji Hopspital and Vijay Hospital. Through RTI from the office of state medical and health department it has been revealed that hospital authorities removed ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Uterus-of-226-Women-Removed-in-Rajasthan-Hospitals-83773-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Women-May-Find-Protection-from-Endometrial-Cancer-from-Diabetes-Drug-83427-1.htm Metformin, a drug used to treat diabetes and also women with Polycystic Ovary syndrome (PCOS), may potentially provide protection against endometrial cancer, researchers at the University of Warwick have found. Endometrial cancer is the most common malignancy of the female genital tract and the fourth most common cancer in women in the UK and the US. Recent research has found that Metformin has anti-cancer properties e.g. in breast cancer. Given that insulin resistant states, e.g. obesity, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Women-May-Find-Protection-from-Endometrial-Cancer-from-Diabetes-Drug-83427-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Postpartum-Hemorrhage-Treatment-Using-Pelvic-Arterial-Embolization-Saves-Lives-and-Preserves-Uterus-83080-1.htm Pelvic arterial embolization or PAE, a minimally invasive, life-saving therapy, is a safe and effective treatment for postpartum hemorrhage, say researchers at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 36th Annual Scientific Meeting in Chicago, Ill. "This large 225-patient study, in which 86 percent of the patients treated showed positive results illustrated that pelvic arterial embolization has the advantages of being a safe, rapid, economic and repeatable procedure-performed without general anesthesia," said Ji Hoon Shin, M....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Postpartum-Hemorrhage-Treatment-Using-Pelvic-Arterial-Embolization-Saves-Lives-and-Preserves-Uterus-83080-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Study-Says-Exercise-may-Cut-Endometrial-Cancer-Risk-76613-1.htm Women who exercised for at least 150 minutes a week are less likely to develop endometrial cancer, regardless of whether they are overweight or not, a new study has said. Hannah Arem, a doctoral student at Yale School of Public Health, and colleagues examined the data collected from a case-control study led by associate professor Herbert Yu. The study compared 668 women with endometrial cancer to 665 women of the same age who did not have the disease. "This study is consistent with ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Study-Says-Exercise-may-Cut-Endometrial-Cancer-Risk-76613-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Study-Finds-Intrauterine-Devices-can-be-Used-to-Treat-Endometrial-Cancer-74681-1.htm New research published online in the cancer journal, IAnnals of Oncology/I says that intrauterine devices, originally developed as contraceptives, can also be used to treat and cure cancer of the endometrium. The finding opens the way for young women with the disease, which affects the lining of the womb, to be treated without the need for a hysterectomy, thus preserving their fertility until they have had all the children they want. Endometrial cancer is the sixth most common cancer in women worldwide....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Study-Finds-Intrauterine-Devices-can-be-Used-to-Treat-Endometrial-Cancer-74681-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Vitamin-D-Reduces-Endometrial-Cancer-Risk-in-Obese-Women-74357-1.htm Obese women can reduce their increased risk of endometrial disease if they take vitamin D supplements, a new animal study has revealed. Researchers at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Centre said that 25 percent of obese mice fed a vitamin D supplemented diet developed endometrial cancer, while 67 percent of obese mice not treated with the vitamin developed cancer. They also said that vitamin D offered no protective effects for normal weight mice; whether or ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Vitamin-D-Reduces-Endometrial-Cancer-Risk-in-Obese-Women-74357-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Hysterectomy-Via-Keyhole-Surgery-is-Less-Complicated-Study-71515-1.htm A new study by Aussie scientists has shown that women who go for a hysterectomy or removal of ovaries via keyhole surgery are half as likely to suffer complications than those that opt for open abdominal surgery. The results of the new study hopes to provide women with a quicker and less traumatic recovery from uterine cancer treatment. Brisbane gynaecological oncologist Professor Andreas Obermair, who chaired the study at the Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer, said patients undergoing ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Hysterectomy-Via-Keyhole-Surgery-is-Less-Complicated-Study-71515-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Less-Fussy-Uterus-Elevates-Miscarriage-Risk-in-Women-68055-1.htm Human uterus seems to be highly selective when it comes to accepting embryos, for a new study has shown that women with less 'fussy' uteruses may be at higher risk of miscarriage. For years, faulty embryos or problems such as abnormal clotting or immune responses have been blamed for miscarriages. Jan Brosens at Imperial College London wanted to know if another process was involved. He had noted that many women who had repeated miscarriages claimed to have conceived incredibly quickly....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Less-Fussy-Uterus-Elevates-Miscarriage-Risk-in-Women-68055-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Research-Reveals-Potent-Suppressor-of-Endometrial-Cancer-64872-1.htm Endometrial cancer is the most common cancer of the female reproductive tract, representing 6% of all cancers. There is currently no screening method or biomarker to indicate early presence of disease. "It is a very common malignancy that affects women of all ages" comments paper author Dr. Diego Castrillon. The cancer forms from the cells that grow along the inner lining of the uterus, which is called the endometrium, and usually it is diagnosed following patient reports of abnormal bleeding....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Research-Reveals-Potent-Suppressor-of-Endometrial-Cancer-64872-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Cellular-and-Molecular-Changes-in-the-Uterus-of-a-Pregnant-Woman-Trigger-Premature-Birth-64583-1.htm Mutation of a gene that helps protect the body from genetic instability leads to cellular and molecular changes in the pregnant uterus that trigger premature birth, according to a study appearing online Feb. 1 in the IJournal of Clinical Investigation/I. The research by scientists in the Division of Reproductive Sciences, part of the Perinatal Institute at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, sheds new light on the still poorly understood genetic and physiological reasons for preterm births....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Cellular-and-Molecular-Changes-in-the-Uterus-of-a-Pregnant-Woman-Trigger-Premature-Birth-64583-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Uterus-Contraction-During-Labour-Stimulated-by-Pomegranate-Extract-64466-1.htm According to a new study, beta-sitosterol, the main constituent of pomegranate seed extract, could be used as a natural stimulant to encourage the uterus to contract during labour. Pomegranate juice is thought to have a number of health benefits, from lowering cholesterol and blood pressure to protecting against some cancers, but until now there has been no evidence to demonstrate its effects on the uterus. Researchers investigated pomegranate seed extract - a steroid that can inhibit ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Uterus-Contraction-During-Labour-Stimulated-by-Pomegranate-Extract-64466-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Uterus-Sparing-Surgery-is-Safe-and-Effective-Treatment-for-Pelvic-Organ-Prolapse-50533-1.htm Researchers presented data at the 104th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA) showing that uterus sparing surgery is an effective and safe treatment for women who want to preserve the integrity of vaginal function after pelvic organ prolapse. Hysterectomy may not be the only option for women with pelvic organ prolapse. In the first long-term follow-up study of uro-genital prolapse repair associated with uterus preservation, researchers showed that the surgery ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Uterus-Sparing-Surgery-is-Safe-and-Effective-Treatment-for-Pelvic-Organ-Prolapse-50533-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Jade-Goody-relieved-to-Be-Home-After-Hysterectomy-42361-1.htm Reality star Jade Goody has returned home for the first times since her hysterectomy surgery two weeks ago. The 27-year-old mother of two was admitted to London's Royal Marsden Hospital after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer giving her a 50 /50 chance of survival. The cancer-stricken star was clutching cuddly toys when she finally left the hospital yesterday. As she got home, a wave of excitement ran through her two sons, Freddie, three, and Bobby, five, who ran to their mother yelling "Mummy, Mummy"....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Jade-Goody-relieved-to-Be-Home-After-Hysterectomy-42361-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Study-Says-Coffee-may-Lower-Risk-of-Uterus-Cancer-41285-1.htm A Japanese study has revealed that women who drink a lot of coffee may have less risk of developing cancer of the uterus. The study led by Japan's health ministry monitored some 54,000 women aged 40 to 69 over about 15 years, during which time 117 women developed cancer in the womb, according to the medical team. The researchers at Japan's National Cancer Center divided the women into four groups by the amount of coffee they drank. They found the group of women who drank more than three ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Study-Says-Coffee-may-Lower-Risk-of-Uterus-Cancer-41285-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Maharashtra-Government-Recommends-Hysterectomy-to-the-Mentally-Challenged-32420-1.htm Human rights activists are up in arms against a recent decision by the Maharashtra state government. The government proposes to perform hysterectomy operations on mentally challenged women. The reason it gives is that 'mentally retarded adolescent girls or adult women during menstruation have no sense of hygiene.' Hysterectomy is termed the surgical removal of the uterus and, sometimes, the ovaries. This procedure brings a stop to menstruation and the patient can never bear children. This is not all; it can also cause hormonal imbalances....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Maharashtra-Government-Recommends-Hysterectomy-to-the-Mentally-Challenged-32420-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Know-the-Signs-of-Endometrial-Cancer-26192-1.htm Women past menopause who experience any abnormal vaginal bleeding or spotting should contact their physician. It's one of the signs of endometrial cancer. Endometrial cancer doesn't get a lot of media attention. Yet, it's the fourth most common cancer in American women -- after breast, lung and colon cancers. When discovered early, endometrial cancer usually can be successfully treated. The September issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource covers the common signs and symptoms for this ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Know-the-Signs-of-Endometrial-Cancer-26192-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Boozing-Old-Women-At-Higher-Risks-Of-Endometrial-Cancer-26118-1.htm A study led by researchers at the University of Southern California, reports that postmenopausal women who consume alcohol frequently double their risks of endometrial cancer. "This is the first prospective study to report a significant association between alcohol and endometrial cancer," says Veronica Wendy Setiawan, assistant professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. "Previous studies have shown that alcohol consumption has been associated with higher levels ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Boozing-Old-Women-At-Higher-Risks-Of-Endometrial-Cancer-26118-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Homemade-Hormone-Replacement-Could-Lead-to-Uterus-Cancer-25185-1.htm In a world first, Australian specialists have identified three cases of women who developed endometrial cancer after taking so-called "bioidentical'' hormone replacement therapy (HRT). It is believed that thousands of Australian women are on the therapy, which is an unbranded, unregulated form of standard HRT supplied by some pharmacists and online. It is promoted as a more "natural'' form of HRT, used widely to treat the symptoms of menopause like hot flashes and night sweats....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Homemade-Hormone-Replacement-Could-Lead-to-Uterus-Cancer-25185-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Gross-Negligence-By-Quack-Leads-To-Woman-Losing-Her-Uterus-24084-1.htm Aligarh town of UP, India witnessed a horrific incident where a woman lost her uterus to the grave error of an ayurvedic physician and his unqualified daughter-in-law. According to a report lodged with the police, Lata, who was five months pregnant, was taken to a private maternity centre July 5 with acute abdominal pain. While diagnosing that she was carrying a dead foetus, the centre's owner, Ganpat Singh Verma, advised her husband Dinesh Kumar that immediate removal of the foetus was necessary....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Gross-Negligence-By-Quack-Leads-To-Woman-Losing-Her-Uterus-24084-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=17761 Almost one in four women, experience heavy periods at some stage in life, but only half of them really see a medical specialist. This is because of overriding fear that it would lead to a hysterectomy. Excessive menstrual bleeding may arise due to several conditions like Endometriosis, fibroids and hormonal imbalance. Many a time, there are no identifiable causes. Yet, heavy periods happen to be one of the important reasons for anemia in the developed nations. Such problems do have simple solutions - drugs and minor surgery....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=17761 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=17544 For those passionate about having a child, it's a research they will back all the way through. Doctors at a New York hospital plan the first uterus transplant with the aim of getting the recipient pregnant. The medical adventure is not without ethical controversies and technical difficulties though. The wombs would come from dead donors, just as most other organs do, and would be removed after the recipient gives birth so she would not need anti-rejection drugs her whole life. The participant ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=17544 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=12362 B.C. NDP Leader of three years, Carole James, 48, faces surgery later this month following the diagnosis of localized cancer of the lining of the uterus. The diagnosis was revealed during a routine medical checkup earlier in the week with biopsy confirming localized endometrial cancer, that has a recovery rate of 80 to 90 per cent. The good news as NDP officials say is that James's cancer was detected early, and the prognosis is good. Surgery is planned for the end of July in Victoria. According ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=12362 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=7254 Women can protect themselves from gynecological cancers by having their ovaries and uterus removed, if they have been diagnosed with nonpolyposis colorectal cancer or Lynch syndrome. It is because these women face higher chances of contracting ovarian and endometrial cancers. The chances of getting the latter is as high as 40% to 60%, while it is between 10% and 12% in the case of the former. Women who do not have the Lynch syndrome only run a 1% to 3% chance of contracting ovarian or endometrial cancer....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=7254 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=5220 Many patients undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy and laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy could probably undergo total vaginal hysterectomy instead. Despite the advantages of lower morbidity and faster recovery, very few hysterectomies are performed by the vaginal route, although there is a high feasibility rate. Vaginal hysterectomy can be more complex and gynecologists need to be familiar with surgical techniques. Many surgeons might not feel comfortable with the vaginal route ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=5220 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=3542 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=3542