Study Claims Hysterectomies Increase the Risk of Heart Attack and Hip Fractures
Hysterectomies Increases Women’s Risk of Death. In findings that are sure to cause quite a stir in the medical community, California researchers have reported that the removal of ovaries during common hysterectomy surgery not only has no significant health benefit, but actually increases women’s risk of death from heart disease and … [Read more...] about Study Claims Hysterectomies Increase the Risk of Heart Attack and Hip Fractures
Power Morcellators No Longer Favored by Doctors for Hysterectomies
Power Morcellation Is No Longer The Procedure Of Choice. Power Morcellators Causing Cancer. After numerous studies the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning that grinding up uterine tumors with power morcellation may spread cancer. As a result, doctors actually stopped using power morcellators. Since 1991, doctors and … [Read more...] about Power Morcellators No Longer Favored by Doctors for Hysterectomies
Power Morcellator Use Drops in Light of FDA Warning
The use of power morcellators in gynecologic procedures has decreased substantially after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned in 2014 that the devices could spread undetected uterine cancers. A study published in JAMA examined trends in power morcellation among women undergoing a hysterectomy. Researchers found that in … [Read more...] about Power Morcellator Use Drops in Light of FDA Warning
