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$5.00 

“Female Anatomy: The Functions of the Female Organs” DVD
A 12-minute video that presents information about the functions of the female sex organs and the life-long consequences of hysterectomy and oophorectomy. There are no images of surgery. The video provides information about what and where the female organs are, what the functions of the organs are and the consequences of their removal.
$15.00 

“un becoming” DVD
A play about an artist named Emma who is told she needs surgery until her friend Halley, the wife of a gynecologist, warns her about the physical and psychological unraveling she has endured since her female organs were removed. 90-minute DVD with original cast of the New York Off-Broadway premiere. Includes an interview with the playwright and Nora W. Coffey.

Purchase the 90-minute DVD with the original cast of the New York Off Broadway premiere. Includes an interview with the playwright and Nora W. Coffey.

$5.00 

“un becoming” Play Script
A play about an artist named Emma who is told she needs surgery until her friend Halley, the wife of a gynecologist, warns her about the physical and psychological unraveling she has endured since her female organs were removed. 90-minute DVD with original cast of the New York Off-Broadway premiere. Includes an interview with the playwright and Nora W. Coffey.

Purchase the script, with an introduction from Nora W. Coffey.

$70.00 

HERS 25th Hysterectomy Conference – Nashville, TN
Set of 8 CDs. Running Time: 9 hours.Speakers include the Keynote Speaker, a medical school Professor of Gross Anatomy, a gynecologist, a medical malpractice attorney and a panel of women who discuss their experience before and after hysterectomy.
Publications View Cart
$6.00 

The White Paper on “Hysterectomy and Castration”
Comprehensive Information: 

  • What women say about life after hysterectomy;
  • What doctors tell women;
  • What the medical and scientific literature say;
  • What the alternatives are;
  • What women report about estrogen, progesterone, and androgen drugs;
  • What you need to know if you care about her.
Books View Cart
$14.95 

The H Word: Nora W. Coffey and Rick Schweikert
A comprehensive book about the common reasons hysterectomy is recommended, the diagnostic studies that should be performed to obtain a diagnosis, alternatives in treatment and their risks, and strategies to help women cope with the lifelong aftereffects of removal of the uterus and ovaries. Learn more »
Newsletters View Cart
$6.00 

Vol. 5 No. 3
HERS Launches Nationwide Campaign to Change the Law
Medical Malpractice Case: with Commentary by Plaintiff and Plaintiff’s Lawyer
A Female Anatomy Lesson
$6.00 

Vol. 5 No. 2
An Introduction to Hysterectomy: The Operation and Its Life-Long Consequences
Patricia Redford vs United States of America
(Malpractice suit won in case involving a hysterectomy and castration at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, comments by plaintiffs attorney and the judicial opinion of Judge Charles R. Richey, United States District Judge)
Slow Transit Constipation
(Constipation and urinary dysfunction after hysterectomy)
$6.00 

Vol. 5 No. 1
Woman-to-Woman: What Women Don’t – And Do – Tell Each Other About Hysterectomy
Inhibin, Another Ovarian Hormone
Run, Sisters Run (Poem)
$6.00 

Vol. 4 No. 4
Keynote Address by Barbara Seaman: Part II
ALERT: Lupron Update: FDA Committee Votes Against Approval For Treatment of Fibroids
Early Menopause and the Risk of Myocardial Infarction
$6.00 

Vol. 4 No. 3
Endometriosis: Catch 22
Nerve Entrapment Caused at Hysterectomy
Overcoming Endometriosis
$6.00 

Vol. 4 No. 2
Keynote Address on Hormonal Drugs by Barbara Seaman: Part I
(Author, Women and the Crisis in Sex Hormones)
ALERT: Lupron
Increased Rates of Previous Hysterectomy and Gynecologic Operations in Women with Osteoarthritis
$6.00 

Vol. 4 No. 1
Keynote Address by Robert S. Mendelsohn, MD: Part II
How to Avoid a Hysterectomy
$6.00 

Vol. 3 No. 4
Keynote Address by Robert S. Mendelsohn, MD: Part I
(Author of Malepractice and Confessions of a Medical Heretic)
Technique of Abdominal Hysterectomy
(A step-by-step description of the operation)
Nightmare: Women and the Dalkon Shield
$6.00 

Vol. 3 No. 3
The Lord Giveth and the Gynecologist Taketh Away: The Myth of the “Needed” Hysterectomy
Medical Practice Variation
(How a doctor’s “Practice Style” influences her choice of treatments such as Hysterectomy)
New Choices in Cancer Treatment
$6.00 

Vol. 3 No. 2
Medical Malpractice “Crisis”?
Endometriosis and Fertility
Matters of Life & Death: Risks vs Benefits of Medical Care
$6.00 

Vol. 3 No. 1
Nora W. Coffey Interviewed by Howard Posner, MD
(Transcript of Radio Program: Part II)
No More Hot Flashes and Other Good News
$6.00 

Vol. 2 No. 4
Nora W. Coffey Interviewed by Howard Posner, MD
(Transcript of Radio Program: Part I)
$6.00 

Vol. 2 No. 3
Estrogen, Vitamin B1, and Mental Symptoms
The Cause of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Menopause: A Positive Approach
$6.00 

Vol. 2 No. 2
The Osteoporosis Crisis: Big News, Bad News..Or No News?
(Causes, diagnosis, treatment of osteoporosis)
Complications of Abdominal and Vaginal Hysterectomy
Listen to Your Body
$6.00 

Vol. 2 No. 1
The Real Risks of Hysterectomy and Oophorectomy: What the Doctors Know-And Don’t Tell you
Hysterectomy Risks and Benefits
Woman Doctor’s Guide for Women
$6.00 

Vol. 1 No. 4
It’s Not All In Your Head: The Experts Speak Out
(Women who have been hysterectomized reveal the physical, sexual and social consequences of the surgery)
Stand Tall!
$6.00 

Vol. 1 No. 3
Estrogens: Yours, Theirs and the Horses’
(The dangers and drawbacks of hormonal drugs- why hormonal drugs do not “replace” women’s hormones)
A Post-Hysterectomy Syndrome
$6.00 

Vol. 1 No. 2
Tel-Med: Part II
(Continued from Part I, Vol. 1 No. 1)
Is Hysterectomy Indicated?
No More Menstrual Cramps and Other Good News
$6.00 

Vol. 1 No. 1
Tel-Med: Part I
(Errors and wrong information on Tel-Med, a private service listed in telephone books throughout the country)
Sexual Response after Hysterectomy and Oophorectomy
Coping with a Hysterectomy

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Buy the Book: The H Word, but Nora W. Coffey and Rick Schweikert

The H Word

Nora W. Coffey and Rick Schweikert

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