The American Heart Disassociation Heart disease was once thought to be less of a problem for women than for men. Research now indicates that heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death among women in the US (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Heart Disease Facts and Statistics, 2008), while confirming that women… Read More…
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PAYING FOR THE BAILOUT
As we tighten our belts at home and abroad, we are all accountable for the burden of national debt we pass along to future generations. Local and international relief efforts for the poor are also feeling the pinch, which makes the search for ways to heal our broken economy a humanitarian effort. Although medical profits… Read More…
NAME THAT DOCTOR AND HOSPITAL
NAME THAT DOCTOR AND HOSPITAL I am Nora W. Coffey, president of the Hysterectomy Educational Resources and Services (HERS) Foundation. When I was thirty-six years old, I was hysterectomized and castrated by Robert Giuntoli, at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, and his assistant Douglas Rabin. I was not informed… Read More…
The Hysterectomy Marketplace – Research and Development
OBGYN.net – a hysterectomy survey titled…“Considering a Hysterectomy?” The title is so casual it could be called… “Considering a Dessert?” At first glimpse this appears to be a legitimate survey about the effects of hysterectomy. But it quickly reveals itself to be a device to obtain information for gynecologists and the medical industry to learn… Read More…
Seeing The Uterus and Ovaries is Believing.
If the female sex organs were visible like the male sex organs, would they still be removed from 622,000 women each year? Myth: “Only men have gonads.” Fact: A woman’s gonads are her ovaries. Removal of the ovaries is castration, and the aftereffects are to women what the aftereffects of removal of the testicles are… Read More…
Educate and Empower Yourself At Hysterectomy Conference
The HERS Foundation’s Twenty-Seventh Hysterectomy Conference will be held November 14th-15th, 2008 in Atlanta GA. Become informed about female anatomy, the life-long functions of the female organs, the alternatives to hysterectomy, and the consequences of the surgery. Learn about the common reasons hysterectomy is recommended such as fibroids, endometriosis, endometrial hyperplasia, uterine or bladder prolapse,… Read More…