Young girls who are about to undergo treatment for cancer or other therapies that pose high risk of infertility can opt to have an ovary removed and preserved for future transplantation when they are ...

Some people might assume that, when you have your uterus removed via hysterectomy, the surgeon also takes out your ovaries. While that can happen depending on medical necessity, ovary removal goes by ...

Note: Oophorectomies can be given as part of gender-affirming care. The following article specifically delves into ovary removal surgery as it relates to cisgender women. Some people might assume that ...

The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists advises pre-menopausal women to keep their ovaries if they are undergoing hysterectomies and aren’t at increased risk of ovarian cancer. But it ...

In February 2018 Melissa Hubbard underwent surgery to remove part of her colon. What she didn’t know until afterward was that her ovaries were removed as well. Removing Hubbard’s ovaries had been ...

A new study examined the cognitive effects of ovary removal in females. A researcher with Wake Forest University utilized data from the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging to study females who had their ...

Recent research has uncovered concerning links between premenopausal bilateral oophorectomy and cognitive health. The study reveals that women who undergo ovary removal before age 40 experience ...

Menopause occurs when women stop menstruating and are no longer able to get pregnant naturally. With menopause, various changes take place in the body, leading to several symptoms like hot flashes, ...

Women of childbearing age who had both ovaries removed, in a procedure called bilateral oophorectomy, were more likely to develop heart failure later in life, according to a study being presented at ...

Ovarian cancer has long been one of the deadliest cancers to strike women. No tests are available to detect it early, so most patients are diagnosed in later stages, when the cancer is more likely to ...

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