Hysterectomy raises incontinence surgery risk: study
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Women who have undergone hysterectomy, or removal of the womb, are at higher risk of urinary incontinence that needs to be corrected by surgery later on, a 30-year Swedish study has found.
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Weight-loss surgery for severe obesity may carry the risk of damage to the network of nerves that runs throughout the body, researchers reported Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - Young women with breast cancer  are at increased risk for having their cancer return if they  are treated with mastectomy alone, new research suggests. This  may be because surgery stimulates dormant cells to become  cancerous.
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NEW YORK  - Too much abdominal fat in  middle age may increase the risk of disability in later years,  according to new study findings presented Wednesday at the  annual meeting of the North American Association for the Study  of Obesity in Las Vegas.
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Black women with uterine cancer are more likely to die than white women, a new report suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Among women treated for heavy  menstrual bleeding, those who undergo a vaginal hysterectomy do  not appear to have an increased risk of urinary incontinence,  according to French researchers.
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A study finds the incidence is higher if a mother or sister has the problem. By Ed Edelson. FRIDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDayNews) -- Women are more likely to develop urinary incontinence if their mothers or older
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Urinary incontinence in women can be corrected by transplanting the patient&#39;s own muscle-derived stem cells into the urethra to strengthen it, scientists said on Monday.
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About half of women with stress urinary incontinence, a type of urine leakage that occurs with actions like coughing or laughing, benefit from training designed to strengthen the bladder muscles, according to a new study.
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New research suggests that estrogen pills may offer some heart benefits for certain younger women who have had hysterectomies and start taking the pills in their 50s.
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Pre-cancerous lesions of the cervix risk developing into tumours more than 25 years after treatment, according to a study published online Friday by the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
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ISLAMABAD: The risk of urinary incontinence appears to be one of the things mothers can pass on to their daughters, according to new findings released Friday.
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One of the biggest fears for men undergoing prostate surgery is impotence, but research doesnât do much to clarify risk.
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A new study finds that, during the 1990s, there was a dramatic increase in Caesarean sections in the United States among women who faced no real medical risks.
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NEW YORK  - Transfusion of blood from a donor around the time of surgery appears to increase the risk of blood clots in women, but not in men, according to a new study.
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NEW YORK  - Premenopausal women who undergo surgical removal of the ovaries (oophorectomy) have an increased risk of developing neurological disorders, including cognitive decline, dementia, and parkinsonism, a team of researchers reports in two studies published in the online edition of Neurology.
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Women treated for pre-cancerous lesions are at increased risk of developing cervical or vaginal cancer for at least another 25 years, according to a study suggesting that follow-up tests fall dangerously short.