Women can now delay menopause by up to twenty years with a new 30-minute operation that tricks their biological clocks into thinking they are much younger than they are. So far, ten British women have undergone the first-of-a-kind surgery.
The procedure involves removing a portion of a woman’s ovaries and then freezing it cryogenically. The tissues are thawed and re-implanted to restore the woman’s natural, younger hormones when she approaches the age of menopause.
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The procedure was performed by doctors at Protecting Family and Menopause (ProFam) in Birmingham, England, on women ranging in age from 22 – 36 years old.
According to Dr. David Angus, CBS News Medical Director, the procedure, although remarkable, raises several questions. He told CBS This Morning:
“A hundred years ago, the average life expectancy was in the 50s. So now really we’re living, or women are living, with four or five decades of having menopause. So menopause, osteoporosis, increased heart disease, obviously hot flashes, potentially memory problems, and others, you can delay that with this procedure.”1
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We will not know the effects the procedure will have on women for several decades. Angus added:
“For all we know it could change cancer risk. It could change cognitive function later as you get older. We just don’t know the answer.”1
Similar procedures have been available for decades for women with cancer, but not for healthy women.
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Currently, the operation is only available at the private company ProFam, which is run by Professor Simon Fishel. Fishel is an IVF pioneer whose work led to the birth of Natalie Brown, the sister of the original test-tube baby, Louise Brown.
The questions and concerns are many surrounding this new procedure. Would you have it done?
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