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I thought this was interesting . . . though I'm not yet ready to believe that 21% of women ovulate twice a month. Dr. Rehert
Women May Ovulate More Than Once a Month, Study Says
Tue Jul 8, 5:48 PM ET
By Maggie Fox
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists in Canada said on Tuesday they had found women sometimes ovulate several times in a single month. Their finding, if verified, would overturn the traditional wisdom that women produce an egg cell once a month. It would also help explain why "natural" methods of birth control, based on the idea that ovulation can be predicted, often fail.
"We are literally going to have to re-write medical textbooks," said Dr. Roger Pierson. "We weren't expecting this. We really weren't," Pierson said in a telephone interview.
In the study, Pierson did daily, high-resolution ultrasound scans on 63 women for a month, which allowed them to see the follicles very clearly. "We had 63 women with normal menstrual cycles. Of those 63, only 50 had normal ovarian cycles," Pierson said. Thirteen of the women ovulated multiple times, in various different ways.
The findings, which were first seen in cattle and horses, help explain some things that have puzzled obstetricians, Pierson said. "It really explains how we get fraternal twins with different conception days," Pierson said. "Clinically, we see this all the time. We see women come in with twins and when we do an ultrasound we see one is at 10 weeks development and another at seven."
The findings, which were first seen in cattle and horses, help explain some things that have puzzled obstetricians, Pierson said. "It really explains how we get fraternal twins with different conception days," Pierson said. "Clinically, we see this all the time. We see women come in with twins and when we do an ultrasound we see one is at 10 weeks development and another at seven."
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The second story, below, repeats what has been reported in the past.
It seems that soy products most consistently relieve menopausal symptoms. As far as Black Cohosh, some studies show an effect, some studies don't.
Red Clover Supplements May Not Work
Tue Jul 8, 4:01 PM ET
By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer
CHICAGO - Red clover supplements marketed as a way to relieve menopausal symptoms work no better than dummy pills at easing hot flashes, a study found — disappointing news for women seeking alternatives to hormone treatment.
Tue Jul 8, 4:01 PM ET
By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer
CHICAGO - Red clover supplements marketed as a way to relieve menopausal symptoms work no better than dummy pills at easing hot flashes, a study found — disappointing news for women seeking alternatives to hormone treatment.
In the red clover study, 252 women ages 45 to 60 took either dummy pills, Promensil pills or Rimostil pills for 12 weeks. Promensil and Rimostil are dietary supplements made from red clover, which contains estrogen-like compounds called isoflavones.
Women in all three groups reported a modest reduction in hot flashes, from about eight a day to five. There were no significant side effects from the red clover pills. The study appears in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association.
"It's disappointing," said lead researcher Dr. Jeffrey Tice of the University of California at San Francisco. Hormones can reduce hot flashes by up to 90 percent, compared with about 40 percent in the red clover-placebo study, Tice said. The red clover results might be partly explained by the "placebo effect" — the way some people feel better simply because they believe they have been treated.
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