...news tidbits from around the world....

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HPV DNA

5/19/2004 5:25 AM

By: Medstar.com

Most doctors are convinced that the Human Papillomavirus is the major

cause of cervical cancers. Now, a DNA test to check for the insidious

infection could mean a major decrease in the disease.

Cindy Ott had a hysterectomy six years ago. She says it probably could

have been avoided with a new DNA test.

read the rest here:

http://rdu.news14.com/content/headlines/?ArID=47609&SecID=2

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NOTE: Roseanne Barr strikes a new low with me thanks to this

interview....if she really wants " ...to do some good in the world... "

perhaps she should back up on her statement about hysterectomy and

think about it a little harder before she opens her mouth next time....

SURGERY HELPS ROSEANNE SHED 8 STONE

May 19 2004

By Elaine Lipworth

THERE was a time when Roseanne Barr was as famous for being fat as she

was for being funny.

But she is now half the woman she used to be after shedding an

astonishing eight stone.

And while most celebrities claim that healthy eating and exercise

helped them slim, Roseanne is happy to admit she owes it all to surgery.

" I had my entire digestive system removed - I should look thinner, "

quips Roseanne, 51, who opted for gastric surgery after years battling

weight problems and depression.

read the rest here:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=14253453&method=full&siteid=501\

43&headline=of-course-i-look-thinner--my-digestive-system-has-been-removed--name\

_page.html

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Treatment Can End Excessive Menstrual Bleeding

Doctor: 90-Second Procedure Ends Pain, Heavy Flow

KPRC, Houston, May 18, 2004

HOUSTON -- Excessive bleeding, constant painful cramping --

unfortunately, many women face these symptoms nearly every day. Now, a

medical procedure is correcting the problem, News2Houston reported

Tuesday.

In some cases, a cure could come in just 90 seconds, with endometrial

ablation.

It worked for Schmidt, a surgical nurse who is on her feet all day.

read the rest here:

http://www.click2houston.com/health/3319557/detail.html

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Alternative to Hysterectomies

5/17/2004

WCJB, Florida

by Health Reporter Vivian

GAINESVILLE- Some doctors say women are getting unnecessary

hysterectomies because of uterine fibroid tumors. Uterine fibroids

non-cancerous tumors found in or around the uterus. They can cause

painful and uncomfortable problems for women.

More women could be treated for their fibroid tumors without a

hysterectomy, said Dr. Caridi, MD.

read the rest here:

http://www.wcjb.com/news.asp?id=9799

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NOTE: Whoa...the penalty for performing hysterectomy in Somalia may

be...death????

Somalian hospital closes after threats

THE GUARDIAN , NAIROBI, KENYA

Wednesday, May 19, 2004,Page 6

A maternity hospital in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, has been

forced to close after a doctor who removed a woman's womb in a

life-saving operation received death threats from her family.

The doctor insists the surgery was essential but her family says she

is " as good as dead " because she can no longer bear children.

read the rest here:

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/05/19/2003156127

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/18/1084783517032.html

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NOTE: While I consider the information presented as associative to

gyn cancers in this story with great questioning and deep skepticism

on the research, I am fascinated by the information that endometrial

cancer is the most common gyn cancer and increasingly a serious

problem among YOUNG women in Nepal. That, to me, speaks to either

environmental and/or bacterial causation. 'Something' is seriously

disrupting the endocrine systems of these young women for this to

suddenly be occurring in the 15-24 age group.... We have research that

clearly links HPV to cervical cancer and Chlamydia trachomatis to

ovarian cancer...what is the link to increasing numbers of endometrial

cancer???? And, if uncovered, can that information help ALL women who

may be 'exposed' to the potential of endometrial cancer?

Unprotected Early Sex Fuels Gynecological Cancers in Nepal

Keshab Poudel

OneWorld South Asia

18 May 2004

KATHMANDU, May 18 (OneWorld) - Gynecological cancers comprise a

significant 13 percent of the 50,000 cases of the disease in Nepal,

with a new study warning that increasing promiscuity among the youth

and early pregnancies is increasing the risk.

The study focused on the four districts of Kathmandu, Lalitpur,

Bhaktapur and Kavre, near the capital, finding that girls in urban

areas began sexual relations as early as 14 years, with some even

having multiple partners.

read the rest here:

http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/86242/1/

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Well, isn't that what we all SIMPLY

WANT TO HEAR?? Human causation?

Not environmental degradation--arsenic,

nitrates etc.; severe contamination makes

one of our " state of the art " waste dumps

in the US look like a picnic....but hold on

what about the Chinese and their use of

Nepal for radioactive waste dumps....

Simply type a google search on:

radioactive contamination in Nepal

environmental contamination in Nepal

The latest and greatest? Shipping food products

contaminated by the Chernobyl disaster (radioactivity

somehow doesn't stay confined to national borders)

from all parts of the EU....

And what about the US nuclear industry....

Hold onto your hats, baby, you ain't seen nothin

yet...here comes China, Pakistan, Iran, NKorea emulating

the United States in development of nuclear weapons,

nuclear technology, and where where where to store

all of the radioactive waste....

Marsha

>

> NOTE: While I consider the information presented as associative to

> gyn cancers in this story with great questioning and deep skepticism

> on the research, I am fascinated by the information that endometrial

> cancer is the most common gyn cancer and increasingly a serious

> problem among YOUNG women in Nepal. That, to me, speaks to either

> environmental and/or bacterial causation. 'Something' is seriously

> disrupting the endocrine systems of these young women for this to

> suddenly be occurring in the 15-24 age group.... We have research

that

> clearly links HPV to cervical cancer and Chlamydia trachomatis to

> ovarian cancer...what is the link to increasing numbers of

endometrial

> cancer???? And, if uncovered, can that information help ALL women

who

> may be 'exposed' to the potential of endometrial cancer?

>

>

> Unprotected Early Sex Fuels Gynecological Cancers in Nepal

> Keshab Poudel

> OneWorld South Asia

> 18 May 2004

>

> KATHMANDU, May 18 (OneWorld) - Gynecological cancers comprise a

> significant 13 percent of the 50,000 cases of the disease in Nepal,

> with a new study warning that increasing promiscuity among the youth

> and early pregnancies is increasing the risk.

>

> The study focused on the four districts of Kathmandu, Lalitpur,

> Bhaktapur and Kavre, near the capital, finding that girls in urban

> areas began sexual relations as early as 14 years, with some even

> having multiple partners.

>

> read the rest here:

> http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/86242/1/

[Guest guest]

> Well, isn't that what we all SIMPLY

> WANT TO HEAR?? Human causation?

> Not environmental degradation--arsenic,

> nitrates etc.; severe contamination makes

> one of our " state of the art " waste dumps

> in the US look like a picnic....but hold on

> what about the Chinese and their use of

> Nepal for radioactive waste dumps....

You hit this one on the head, Marsha! Nepal has been a dumping ground

for endocrine disrupting chemicals for quite some time. Check out

this story with the following info:

" More than 70 tons of obsolete pesticides exist in seven known

locations around Nepal. "

http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/Toxic-Aid-Nepal.htm

um, obsolete here refers to pesticides like DDT -- long banned in the

U.S. but dumped in Nepal by leaking barrels full. A KNOWN endocrine

disruptor.

Here's another, quite sobering, story published in 2003:

Asian Peasant Leaders Slam U.S. War in Iraq,

Poisons of Mass Destruction

Peasant and fisherfolk leaders from Asia last week converged in Quezon

City, Philippines to denounce the current U.S. war on Iraq. They also

assailed U.S. chemical corporations that manufacture and export

" poisons of mass destruction " particularly in the Asian market that

they dominate.

By Gerry Albert Corpuz

Bulatlat.com

A twin-bill Asian conference hosted by Filipino activists in Quezon

City, Philippines last week slammed the U.S. war on Iraq and vowed to

intensify the fight against the U.S. war of aggression and imperialist

globalization across the globe.

Representatives of peasant movements from the Philippines, Malaysia,

Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Thailand and India first gathered at the

Asian Peasant Conference (APC) from March 29 to 31 to denounce U.S.

war of aggression in Iraq and imperialist globalization of Third World

economies and agriculture.

read the rest here:

http://www.bulatlat.com/news/3-10/3-10-peasant.html

Characterizing the U.S. in such a way as to tie the war in Iraq to

pesticide use/dumping, etc., throughout much of Asia was a surprise to

me...I hadn't read these specific sentiments previously. Where are

the weapons of mass destruction? Apparently, Nepal. And, the U.S.

(along with a few other countries) dumped them there knowing full well

they caused all of the health issues identified in this story -- which

is precisely why they were banned here.

I was, however, familiar with the endometriosis and infertility

problems left behind by use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam war.

Dioxin. It's just not a pretty reproductive enhancing chemical at

all...quite the contrary...

sigh. some days it's just darn depressing to know there is so so so

much work to do to in reproductive healthcare.....it's a waaaaaay

bigger problem than I ever imagined 6 or so years ago when I wandered

down this path of advocacy....