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Court Grants Parents Permission to Sterilize 11-Year-Old

by Amy Hatch, Posted Mar 9th 2010 3:00PM

A couple won permission from the Australian courts to go ahead with a planned hysterectomy for their 11-year-old daughter, whose medical condition causes her to have epileptic seizures when she menstruates. The ruling has sparked a nationwide debate ...
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Report claims too many needless hysterectomies

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Jan 24th 2007 8:33AM

A document released yesterday by the British National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) criticizes the number of unnecessary hysterectomy operations being performed on young woman. Over 8000 hysterectomies are performed on British ...
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Babies still an option for those with ovarian cancer?

by Nadine Silverthorne, Posted Nov 13th 2006 10:38AM

A new study out from Stanford University has found that young women diagnosed with ovarian cancer could go on to have children, thanks to a new option that avoids a hysterectomy. The researchers focussed on women of childbearing age and found that if ...
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