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 th...

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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...

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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 ...

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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 m...

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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 ...

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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...

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Removal of one or both ovaries increases incidence of cognitive loss

HERS Foundation said... This article is soon to be published in the Journal 'Neurology'. Many hysterectomized and castrated women e...

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