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Several studies have explored the benefits, risks, and costs of hysterectomy [ 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ] . Despite the potential risks and costs associated with this medical procedure, over 35% of women in the United States received a hysterectomy by age 50 [ 2 ] . Hysterectomies are primarily performed for nonmalignant conditions [ 3 4 ] , with the expectation that the benefits of the surgery outweigh the risks.
The Commission believes that the benefits from the more complete disclosure and increased market efficiency are expected to outweigh the related costs.
(It is ironic to see, for example, the Wall Street Journal fulminating against government interference with this merger, since the notion that the efficiencies of bigness outweigh the discipline of competition used to go by the name socialism, or even the name communism.)
A report published in the British Medical Journal by a team of Bristol epidemiologists infuriated cancer charities by saying there is "evidence that the potential benefits of exposure to sunlight may outweigh the widely publicised adverse effects on the incidence of skin cancer."
Looked at another way, patients with heart, liver, lung, or kidney failure have a dismal prognosis for survival, so the toxicity associated with immunosuppression is warranted (the benefits of graft survival outweigh the risks associated with the medications).