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Demystifying ovarian cysts

BY Dr Brigid Monda

During every normal menstrual cycle, a woman’s ovaries grow tiny cysts called ovarian follicles, little ‘chemical factories’ producing the hormones oestrogen and progesterone that regulate the menstrual cycle.

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