Postmenopausal hormone therapy and ovarian cancer- again!

HRT, Postmenopause, ovarian cancer

Women with moderate to severe menopause symptoms often consider hormone therapy to help ease them through various problems like hot flashes (flushes), night sweats and sore/tender breasts and nipples amongst others. If you’re considering this, the usual advice is to weigh the advantages and disadvantages before starting HRT (hormone replacement therapy). New research published in [...]

Ovarian cancer deaths: more than just numbers

ovarian cancer deaths, hysterectomy, early diagnosis, screening

I had a comment on this blog a while back on an article I wrote about hysterectomy and removal of ovaries The comment says: I realize this article is a few years old now, and being a woman that had my “woman hood” stolen from me at age 27(due to hysterectomy), I do appreciated your [...]