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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…

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…

July 4, 2007 5 Comments

HERS Gives Gynecologists Female Anatomy Lesson

HERS Gives Gynecologists Female Anatomy Lesson: 12-Minute Video To Save More Than $17B/year The sex organs are removed from another woman in this country every minute of every hour of every day. A statistically insignificant number of men have their sex organs removed, even though the rate of cancer in the male and female organs…   Read More…

June 10, 2007 92 Comments

Hysterectomy and the Loss of Uterine Orgasm

Most women are taught little about the functions of the female organs beyond iinformation about menstruation and pregnancy. The uterus and ovaries are the female hormone-responsive reproductive sex organs. The female organs are internal and their functions are not visible. Most women and men know more about the functions of male reproductive sex organs than…   Read More…

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