Women might someday take a drug to avoid the bleeding that comes with the menstrual cycle, a study in rhesus macaque monkeys suggests. Beyond enabling a woman to bypass this aspect of her monthly period, such a drug could treat heavy menstrual bleeding that now makes some women anemic and sometimes requires hysterectomy, surgery to remove the uterus.
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