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Retaining ovaries may be a key to prolonged life in women and dogs



 
 
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Old December 18th 09, 03:04 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.health
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Default Retaining ovaries may be a key to prolonged life in women and dogs

Dec 5, 2009
DVM NEWSMAGAZINE

West Lafayette, Ind. -- We know that women tend to live longer than men,
but a new study shows that the same may be true in dogs, especially if a
female dog’s ovaries are not surgically removed early in life.

A study conducted at the Gerald P. Murphy Cancer Foundation compared the
medical histories, ages and causes of death in 119 long-lived
rottweilers with a longevity of at least 13 years with 186 rottweilers
with a normal longevity of about 9 years. The study was published in the
December issue of the journal Aging Cell.

"Like women, female dogs in our study had a distinct survival advantage
over males," said the lead researcher David J. Waters, associate
director of Purdue University's Center on Aging and the Life Course and
a professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences. "But taking away
ovaries during the first four years of life completely erased the female
survival advantage. We found that female rottweilers that kept their
ovaries for at least six years were four times more likely to reach
exceptional longevity compared to females who had the shortest lifetime
ovary exposure."

This study's findings are in line with those of a study conducted
earlier this year at the John Wayne Cancer Institute in Santa Monica,
Calif., of 29,000 who had hysterectomies because of benign uterine
disease. Although those women whose ovaries were removed before 50 years
of age were protected against ovarian, uterine and breast cancer,
increased mortality from other causes was noted compared with those who
had their ovaries for at least 50 years.

Both studies call into question the automatic removal of the ovaries
when hysterectomies are performed in dogs and women.

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