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Archive Home > 2009 > April > 30 > Women who keep ovaries live longer, according to study

Women who keep ovaries live longer, according to study

By Roni Caryn Rabin / The Bulletin
April 30, 2009

Each year, hundreds of thousands of women who undergo hysterectomies have their ovaries removed along with their uterus, a practice meant to protect them from ovarian cancer.

But a new study has found that women who keep their ovaries live longer.

While women who had their ovaries removed....

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