endometriosis

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Synopsis: 5. medicine & health: 1. diseases: Diseases: Urologic and genital diseases: Endometriosis:

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#Endometriosis risk linked to two pesticidesa Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research center-led study has found that two organochlorine pesticides are associated with an increased risk of endometriosis a condition that affects up to 10 percent of reproductive

and mirex had a 30-to 70-percent increase in endometriosis risk. The findings are published online ahead of the print issue of Environmental Health Perspectives a journal of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences part of the National institutes of health.

Endometriosis is a noncancerous condition that occurs when the tissue that lines the inside of the uterus or womb grows outside of the organ

For many women the symptoms of endometriosis can be chronic and debilitating negatively affecting health-related quality of life personal relationships

Since endometriosis is driven an estrogen condition we were interested in investigating the role of environmental chemicals that have estrogenic properties such as organochlorine pesticides on the risk of the disease she said.

This research is important as endometriosis is a serious condition that can adversely affect the quality of a woman's life yet we still do not have a clear understanding of why endometriosis develops in some women

The study involved 248 women newly diagnosed with endometriosis and for comparison 538 women without the disease.

and were associated with increased endometriosis risk Upson said. The take-home message from our study is that persistent environmental chemicals even those used in the past may affect the health of the current generation of reproductive-age women with regard to a hormonally driven disease.

and ovaries as well as hormone production Given these actions it's plausible that organochlorine pesticides could increase the risk of an estrogen-driven disease such as endometriosis Upson said.

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