Hysterectomy Is Mostly Unnecessary

Early Identification of Interstitial Cystitis May Avoid Unnecessary Hysterectomy

BACKGROUND Interstitial cystitis is a clinical syndrome characterized by symptoms of pelvic pain, urinary urgency and frequency, and nocturia. It can be difficult to accurately identify interstitial cystitis because the symptoms overlap many other common gynecologic and urologic conditions. Patients with undiagnosed interstitial cystitis may undergo unnecessary procedures, including hysterectom...

Removing the cervix at hysterectomy: an unnecessary intervention?

OBJECTIVE : To evaluate the long-term outcomes in women who underwent total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH) and subtotal abdominal hysterectomy (sub-TAH). METHODS : Two hundred seventy-nine women between 7 and 11 years (mean 9 years) of follow-up who participated in a previously published randomized, double-blind, multicenter trial comparing TAH and sub-TAH were invited to complete questionnaire...

Unnecessary uncertainty is unacceptable.

Is cortex unnecessary ?

A key contention of Klein & Barron (2016) is that consciousness does not depend on cortical structures. A critical appraisal suggests they have overestimated the strength of their evidence. Sean Hermanson is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Florida International University in Miami, specializing in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science. His work on animals includes articles on bees, ...

Is regularization unnecessary for boosting?