{"id":775,"date":"2023-09-30T18:26:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T23:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/?p=775"},"modified":"2023-09-30T18:26:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T23:26:26","slug":"the-madness-of-unnecessary-hysterectomy-has-to-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/30\/the-madness-of-unnecessary-hysterectomy-has-to-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8220;madness&#8221; of unnecessary hysterectomy has to stop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>. . .&#8221;As part of my research post-op, I learned much more about the hysterectomy industry than I ever cared to know. Approximately <a href=\"http:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/health\/article\/0,8599,1644050,00.html\"><strong>10% of hysterectomies are done for a cancer diagnosis<\/strong><\/a> making most of the remaining 90% unnecessary. Despite the low lifetime risk of all gynecologic cancers (<a href=\"https:\/\/seer.cancer.gov\/statfacts\/html\/corp.html\"><strong>uterine\/endometrial being highest at 2.9%<\/strong><\/a>), a U.S. woman\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3804006\/\"><strong>lifetime risk of hysterectomy is 45%<\/strong><\/a>. Hysterectomy is commonly recommended for any and all menstrual irregularities and even benign ovarian cysts or masses. In other specialties, the diseased tissue is removed, not the entire organ. . .&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>READ MORE of this article by Judith Garber<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-lown-institute wp-block-embed-lown-institute\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"6poHpLJuKS\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lowninstitute.org\/guest-post-the-madness-of-unnecessary-hysterectomy-has-to-stop\/\">Guest Post: The \u201cmadness\u201d of unnecessary hysterectomy has to stop<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Guest Post: The \u201cmadness\u201d of unnecessary hysterectomy has to stop&#8221; &#8212; Lown Institute\" src=\"https:\/\/lowninstitute.org\/guest-post-the-madness-of-unnecessary-hysterectomy-has-to-stop\/embed\/#?secret=cLcUU6XuQI#?secret=6poHpLJuKS\" data-secret=\"6poHpLJuKS\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Medical Disclaimer<\/strong>:&nbsp;<em>The information on this blog is for educational purposes only. It is not intended in any manner as professional medical advice.&nbsp; I am not a medical doctor.&nbsp;&nbsp; The reader should consult a healthcare provider to determine the appropriateness of the information on this blog for their own situation, or if they have questions or issues regarding a medical condition.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. . .&#8221;As part of my research post-op, I learned much more about the hysterectomy industry than I ever cared to know. Approximately 10% of hysterectomies are done for a cancer diagnosis making most of the remaining 90% unnecessary. Despite the low lifetime risk of all gynecologic cancers (uterine\/endometrial being highest at 2.9%), a U.S. woman\u2019s lifetime risk of hysterectomy is 45%. Hysterectomy is commonly recommended for any and all menstrual irregularities and even benign ovarian cysts or masses. In other specialties, the diseased tissue is removed, not the entire organ. . .&#8221; READ MORE of this article by Judith Garber Medical Disclaimer:&nbsp;The information on this blog is for educational purposes only. It is not intended in any manner as professional medical advice.&nbsp; I am not a medical doctor.&nbsp;&nbsp; The reader should consult a healthcare provider to determine the appropriateness of the information on this blog for their own situation, or if they have questions or issues regarding a medical condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}