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SOURCE: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology December 2005

The damage to “ovarian reserve” is quantitative rather than qualitative when ovarian cysts are excised using minimally invasive laparoscopy, Italian researchers report. Importantly, they say, this approach has a good chance of preserving a woman’s fertility.

An ovarian endometrioma is a cyst that is attached to the ovaries and that often contains ovarian tissue.

Dr. Guido Ragni and colleagues from Universita Degli Studi di Milano studied 38 women who had previously undergone laparoscopic excision of ovarian cysts. They evaluated ovarian response to hyperstimulation in the women who were trying to become pregnant using assisted reproductive techniques including in vitro fertilization and direct injection of sperm into the egg.

Read the rest at: Ovarain Cyst News

About.com has some great articles on women’s health. Here is one that was just recently posted:

The Signs and Symptoms of Perimenopause

Perimenopause is the ten to fifteen years before menopause occurs. Menopause officially occurs when you have not had a period for one year. The average age women experience menopause is fifty-one; however, this is only an average which means many women experience menopause several years earlier and later. The best way to determine when you might experience menopause is to know when your own mother went through menopause (unless she had surgically induced menopause due to hysterectomy.)

The signs and symptoms of perimenopause include …

To read the rest, go to: Perimenopause article

1. Everyone around you has an attitude problem.
2. You’re adding chocolate chips to your cheese omelet.
3. The dryer has shrunk every last pair of your jeans.
4. Your husband is suddenly agreeing to everything you
say.
5. You’re using your cellular phone to dial up every
bumper sticker that says, “How’s my driving - call
1-800-***-****.”
6. Everyone’s head looks like an invitation to batting
practice.
7. You’re convinced there’s a God and he’s male.
8. You’re counting down the days until menopause.
9. You’re sure that everyone is scheming to drive you
crazy.
10. The Motrin bottle is empty and you bought it yesterday.

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