New medical procedure could delay menopause by 20 years

[nitpicker]

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/aug/04/medical-procedure-delay-menopause

New medical procedure could delay menopause by 20 years

Ian Sample Science editor

Sun 4 Aug 2019 14.39 BST Last modified on Sun 4 Aug 2019 19.50 BST

A medical procedure that aims to allow women to delay the menopause for up to 20 years has been launched by IVF specialists in Britain. Doctors claim the operation could benefit thousands of women who experience serious health problems, such as heart conditions and bone-weakening osteoporosis, that are brought on by the menopause. But the specialists believe the same procedure could also improve the lives of millions more women by delaying the onset of more common symptoms of the menopause, which range from low mood, anxiety and difficulty sleeping, to hot flushes, night sweats and a reduced sex drive.

The procedure, which costs between £7,000 and £11,000, is being offered to women up to the age of 40 through ProFam, a Birmingham-based company set up by Simon Fishel, an IVF doctor and president of the UK Care Fertility Group, in collaboration with other specialists.
(snip)

Nine women have so far had the procedure to remove and freeze their ovarian tissue with a view to delaying the menopause when they are older. Doctors use keyhole surgery to remove a small piece of ovarian tissue, which is then sliced up and frozen to preserve it.

When the women enter the menopause, potentially decades from now, the frozen tissue can be thawed out and grafted back into the body. To restore falling hormone levels, doctors typically choose a site with a good blood supply, such as the armpit. Provided the ovarian tissue survives the process, it should restore the woman’s declining sex hormones and halt the menopause.
(snip)

How much the new procedure will delay the menopause depends on the age when the tissue is taken and when it is put back. Tissue taken from a 25-year-old might postpone the menopause for 20 years, while that taken from a 40-year-old might only delay its onset for five years.

Fishel points out that young women today can expect to spend 30 to 40 years in the menopausal stage and while many will benefit from hormone replacement therapy, it does not suit everyone.
(snip)

But it could also be a game-changer for fertility treatment. Unlike IVF, ovarian tissue preservation does not require drugs to stimulate the ovaries, and is likely to produce far more eggs. If women in their 20s routinely had ovarian tissue removed and stored, Fishel said, they could potentially have access to thousands of eggs should they later decide to have children.
(snip)

[mahina]

1. Not me, mercy.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. I eagerly await tales of pregnant 70 year old women.

[Sedona]

3. Oh hell no.

[pansypoo53219]

4. WTF! we have too many humans already.

[murielm99]

5. Do we really want to do this?

[2naSalit]

6. Screw that!

I saw menopause as parole from the feminine hygiene product makers and big pharma.

[pnwest]

7. Delay menopause?! Oh, I guaranfuckintee a

man came up with that shit. I’m more likely to delay cashing in a million dollar lottery ticket for 20 years than to delay menopause. Delay menopause...what the fuck man. Just kill me now. I’ve been white-knuckle-gripping my way through the last 10 years BEGGING God for menopause. Yes, please, let’s turn 20 fucking years of peri-menopause into 40. I really want to still be having periods into my SEVENTIES??!! Fuck all the way off with that shit.

(walks away mumbling under breath...) the fuck kinda fucked up shit is that? delay menopause....SMDamnH...whatever...I’ll cut a motherfucker tries to come at me with that shit...delay menopause...grrrrrrr...stupidest fuckin thing I EVER heard....mumble grumble mumble....fuckin fuckitty fuck...

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Why? So the GOP can force more women to have forced births?

[phylny]

9. No thanks.

I do not miss my period at all. Not one little bit.