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July 26, 2009 28 Comments

New study shows link between female castration and lung cancer

Ovary Removal May Play a Role in Lung Cancer A new Canadian study reports that castration (removal of the female gonads, the ovaries) almost doubles a younger woman’s risk for developing lung cancer. “It’s possible that vulnerability to lung cancer is caused by early and sudden decrease in estrogen levels or potentially long-term use of…   Read More…

May 12, 2009 17 Comments

HERS Honored With Women’s Way Award

Amid the applause of 1,100 guests, the Women’s Way 32nd Annual Powerful Voice Awards were presented in Philadelphia on May 6, 2009. The awards honored the accomplishments of Women Organized Against Rape (WOAR) Director Teresa White, community organizer and HIV/AIDS awareness advocate Waheedah Shabazz-El, and women’s rights advocate and activist, Hysterectomy Educational Resources and Services…   Read More…

February 21, 2009 95 Comments

Hysterectomy Causes Heart Disease

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…

January 7, 2009 206 Comments

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…

July 28, 2008 428 Comments

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…

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