| Preventive Ovary Removal Linked To Early Death In Younger Women, Mayo Clinic Discovers
Death rates rise when women under 45 years old undergo bilateral ovariectomy -- surgical removal of both ovaries -- and do not receive proper hormone replacement therapy, according to a new Mayo Clinic study to be published in the October 1 issue of The Lancet Oncology. Mortality from all causes increased 1.7 times for women in this age category, and was particularly increased for estrogen-related cancers and diseases of the brain and cardiovascular system. The increased risk was mainly restricted to those women who were not given estrogen after the surgery until at least age 45 (within five years of the approximate age of normal menopause). Also, the increased risk became evident only 10 or more years after the ovariectomy. .
Sowing seeds of self-care
In a world filled with 10-hour workdays, rushed meals and far too many cups of coffee, licensed massage therapist Erica Rosenfeld is offering her clients some overdue self-care in a new Main Street location. While explaining the philosophy behind her new Seeds of Well Being business, Rosenfeld compared how humans often mistreat their bodies with how people tend to misuse the Earth's natural resources. "We take as much as we can from the Earth and we don't give a lot back to it," Rosenfeld said, "And we do the same to our bodies." Trained in Colony, New York at the Center for Natural Wellness, Rosenfeld offers therapeutic massage, including oriental (shiatsu) and Swedish massage styles, from her private and refreshingly uncluttered top-floor venue.
A hole in the heart
Touching stories of babies and toddlers with congenital heart defects appear in our newspapers on a regular basis. These conditions can usually be treated successfully with surgery, writes TEE SHIAO EEK. THE man leaning against the wall outside the operating theatre had his arms tightly folded across his chest as he stared into space. Berdebar-debar (heart pounding) was how Zainuddin Daud described his emotional state, having waited three hours while his 18-month-old son underwent surgery to repair a hole in his heart. Inside, little Faiz Imran Zainuddin lay unconscious on the operating table, his chest cavity held open by clamps while the surgeons and nurses hovered above him. In the waiting room, Faizs mother prayed for his safety. .
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