What Doctors Don't Tell YouQ:I am 34 and married. As yet my husband and I have no children. I went to my GP recently, complaining of irregular periods. He suspected that I was pregnant and sent me to a consultant gynaeco ...
The latest medical procedure for women with abnormally heavy periods being touted as a major gynaecological advance carries a number of possible risks, including hysterectomy, increased period pai ...
Reader's Corner
You heard it here first. As we predicted in an previous WDDTY (Vol 2 No 5), doctors, formerly enthusing a few months ago about the gynaecological breakthrough, endometrial resection, are now issu ...
Reader's Corner
Regular readers may be surprised to see us publish an article from Caroline Richmond, the once avowed scourge of many aspects of alternative medicine and co-founder of Quackbusters. But lately, s ...
I am a 40-year-old woman and, four months ago, I had a hysterectomy with removal of both ovaries. I recovered incredibly quickly from the surgery, but four weeks after, I noticed I was no longer producing oil on my face or my scalp (since puberty, I...
Why have a hysterectomy?
Hysterectomy, in which a woman’s womb is removed, is one of the most common surgical operations in the West.
