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The national rate for the same timeline was 338 per 100,000 population, down from 484 per 100,000 in 1997. The reasons for hysterectomies differed depending on whether the woman was living in an urban or rural location. Urban women opted for hysterectomies due to uterine fibroids and rural women had hysterectomies mostly for menstrual disorders ...
Because of their small size, domesticated house cats pose little physical danger to adult humans. However, in the US cats inflict about 400,000 bites per year that result in emergency room visits, almost 90% of which may be bites from provoked animals. [23] This number represents about one in ten of all animal bites. [23]
Cats may be poisoned by many chemicals usually considered safe by their human guardians, [citation needed] because their livers are less effective at some forms of detoxification. [31] [32] Some of the most common causes of poisoning in cats are antifreeze and rodent baits. [33] Cats may be particularly sensitive to environmental pollutants. [34]
By the age of 60, one in three women in the U.S. will have had their uterus removed. 500,000 women get hysterectomies in the U.S. every year. Here’s why some say it was the ‘best’ decision.
In hysterectomies, complications of the procedure include infection, gastrointestinal injury, and venous thromboembolic injury. Similar to vasectomies, one of the most common complications is infection, with the incidence rate being 10.5% for abdominal hysterectomy, 13% for vaginal hysterectomy, and 9% for laparoscopic hysterectomy.
Since your feline friend can't talk, we called up vets to discuss things humans do that cats truly hate (usually). Related: 8 Types of Cat Cancer and the Early Signs Most Pet Owners Miss ...
In Buck v.Bell, the United States Supreme Court ruled in a majority opinion written by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. that a state statute that authorized compulsory sterilization of the unfit, including the intellectually disabled, "for the protection and health of the state" did not violate the Due Process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
“For cats, primary humans are adored, and spare humans are to be tolerated,” says the very spare human in this video. But just because you are not a cat’s favorite person doesn’t mean you ...