Women May Ovulate More Than Once a Month, Study Says

Reuters ^ | 7/8/03 | Maggie Fox

[Semper Paratus]

25 years too late for a LOT of people.

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[Black Agnes]

interesting ping.

[AppyPappy]

Also posted here

[ChefKeith]

It is all an elaborate trap setup by Women (just kidding Ladies)

[Pan_Yans Wife]

My physician told me of this possibility, a year ago.

[Lijahsbubbe]

"We always thought that menstrual cycles and ovarian cycles were one and the same.

Unbelievable. Don't try to tell me any of your theories any more.

"We weren't expecting this. We really weren't," Pierson said in a telephone interview

What?!! Yeah, you and a million other people! They've been wrong all these years about a woman's cycle?

And they think they're going to tell us how the world started? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

[Catspaw]

25 years too late for a LOT of people.

LOL! Meet my sisters #4 & #5 :-))

[firebrand]

Yes, it is interesting, as is the news that men can be responsible for Downs syndrome as they get older, just as women can (this was known, but the extent of it was not until recently).

Downs is not a "genetic" abnormality (which is how ignorant reporters and writers love to refer to it) except in a tiny percentage of cases, but a chromosomal abnormality. That's why it's more affected by age than genetic abnormalites: the cells don't always divide cleanly any more and an extra chromosome gets reproduced in every cell. Unfortunately (or fortunately, some people think), these fetuses survive, unlike other abnormal fetuses.

[Blood of Tyrants]

And everyone thought the Catholics just had no rhythm.

[Black Agnes]

Downs has also recently been linked to high homocysteine levels (these increase with age). High homocysteine levels can affect the meiosis/mitosis process. They found that giving 800mcg of folic acid during a study to prevent NTD (neural tube defects, spina bifida) also lowered the incidence of Downs by 1/2. Hmmmmm.

[MrConfettiMan]

The findings, which were first seen in cattle and horses, help explain some things that have puzzled obstetricians, Pierson said.

Not to mention how many men have been puzzled over the centuries.

Would this research imply some strange type of perpetual PMS?

[MrConfettiMan]

Fortunately, these [Downs] fetuses survive, [just] like other normal fetuses. :)

[Cacique]

Would this research imply some strange type of perpetual PMS?

You don't need research to figure that one out. Most women I know are in perpetual PMS.

[firebrand]

Most men have it too.

[firebrand]

Big : )

[Lijahsbubbe]

You know you have PMS when:

1. You're adding chocolate chips to your cheese omelet.

2. Everyones head looks like an invitation to batting practice.

3. Everyone around you has an attitude problem.

4. Your husband is suddenly agreeing to everything you say.

5. You're using your cellular phone to dial up every bumper sticker that says, 'How's my driving? Call 1 800 ****"**.'

[laotzu]

I know some of you girls suffer cramps during this time.

You must remember to stretch before you ovulate.

[Cacique]

Most men have it too.

Nonsense, if that were true I would have strangled the crap out of half the mental midgets I have encountered in my life. Especially the liberal ones. The fact that I have yet to be convicetd of an act of homicide proves the great discipline I have in restraining myself.