CONGRESSWOMAN MALONEY TO DELIVER KEYNOTE ADDRESSMomentum Builds For Hysterectomy Informed Consent Legislation What is so important about HERS Hysterectomy Conference on April 24th, 2010 and a screening of “un becoming” April 23rd, 2010 in New York City that a couple is driving from Florida and sleeping in a tent because they can’t afford a hotel… Read More…
ovarian cysts
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…
The ovary option
There has been a media blitz surrounding recent discussion of the pros and cons of surgical removal of the ovaries during hysterectomy (see Cochrane article below). But the most important issue has yet to be addressed: the uterus should rarely be removed in the first place. The article below perpetuates a dangerous myth through the… Read More…
Hysterectomy – the Experts Speak Out
Hysterectomy – the Experts Speak Out It’s hard to believe that hysterectomy was popularized in the United States over a century ago. The surgical removal of the female hormone responsive reproductive sex organs is a primitive practice, yet there were an average of 622,000 hysterectomies((removal of the uterus) performed a year for the last decade.… Read More…
Can you answer these questions?
Can you guess the answers to these questions? ____________ True or False? ☐ Castration, neutering and removal of both ovaries arethe same. ☐ Sex life is better after hysterectomy. ☐ Death from heart disease is more likely in hysterectomizedwomen than in normal women. ☐ Hysterectomy has no effect on men’s sex lives.____________ Hysterectomy: exactly what… Read More…