No one wants to have their ovaries removed, but it can often help alleviate pain and disease.
For this reason, people opt to have surgery with the chance of reducing the risk.
However, new research says that removing your ovaries beforemenopausemay lead to contracting a brain disease.
Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder affecting dopamine-producing neurons in the brain.
The research followed nearly 5,500 women in Minnesota from 1950 to 2007.
Half of the group had their ovaries removed and the other half had their ovaries intact.
In women older than 43, there was no link.
“Removing the ovaries to prevent the disease is not justified,” says Rocca (viaU.S.
News & World Report).
