Gynecologic surgeries, namely hysterectomy (uterus removal), oophorectomy (ovary removal) and C-sections, are the top overused procedures in the U.S. Only 10%, at
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It was April 2007, I remember seeing my gynecologist for the second time that year and receiving the same painful test, revealing
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Recent attention in a dual Reveal and Kaiser Health News Report (‘Kaiser Report’) to the risks of Lupron’s use in children with
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A few years ago, I began writing for Hormones Matter about the gross overuse and adverse effects of hysterectomy and oophorectomy. Year
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For as long as I have been studying endometriosis, I have suspected that endometriosis represented a protective cascade, one that has either
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DES is a synthetic estrogen-like compound developed in 1938 by English chemist Charles Dodd. German chemists under the employ of the Nazis
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DES daughters have unique credentials and knowledge regarding cervical cancer. We have become cervical cancer “experts” based on our own shared experiences
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In my work with The Endometriosis Network Canada, I have heard many women say that their doctors told them that if their pain
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