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September 9, 2011 206 Comments

The tide is turning!

The tide is turning! “I am still hoping to hear more about women who are past it all because they said no. It would be comforting to know there are women out there who had the same horrible symptoms, a big fat confused uterus, lived with  it, resisted hysterectomy and are now through menopause and…   Read More…

July 8, 2009 28 Comments

Hysterectomy? Slow down!

Hysterectomy: Putting On The Brakes The highest risk factor for hysterectomy is not the presence of disease. Women with intact female organs who have “routine” medical exams and public or private medical insurance are most at risk for hysterectomy. When hysterectomy is recommended, most women respond by telling the doctor that removing their uterus is…   Read More…

April 13, 2009 118 Comments

Fraud and Hysterectomy

Fraud in the inducement is a legal term used to describe a scenario where one person has tricked or deceived another into a harmful situation they would not have entered into if they had known they would be harmed. In the example of hysterectomy, a woman is induced into signing a consent form under the…   Read More…

January 18, 2009 39 Comments

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…

November 22, 2008 41 Comments

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…

November 1, 2008 26 Comments

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…

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