HYSTERECTOMY ALTERNATIVES AND AFTEREFFECTS

Back Issues of the HERS Newsletter
(r)=review of medical literature (b)=book review (l)=legal column

Publication Description

$ 6.00

Vol.I 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 (r)
Coping With a Hysterectomy (b)

$ 6.00

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

$ 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(r)

$ 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! (b)

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Vol.2 No.1 
The Real Risks of Hysterectomy and Oophorectomy: What the Doctors Know-And Don't Tell you
Hysterectomy Risks and Benefits (r)
Woman Doctor's Guide for Women (b)

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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 (r)
Listen to Your Body (b)

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Vol.2 No.3 Estrogen, Vitamin B1, and Mental Symptoms
The Cause of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (r)
Menopause: A Positive Approach (b)

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

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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 (b)

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Vol.3 No.2 Medical Malpractice "Crisis"?
Endometriosis and Fertility (r)
Matters of Life & Death: Risks vs Benefits of Medical Care (b)

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Vol.3 No.3 The Lord Giveth and the Gynecologist Taketh Away: The Mythof the "Needed" Hysterectomy
Medical Practice Variation
(How a doctor's "Practice Style" influences her choice of treatments such as Hysterectomy) (r)
New Choices in Cancer Treatment (b)

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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) (r)
Nightmare: Women and the Dalkon Shield (b)

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

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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 (r)

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Vol.4 No.3 Endometriosis: Catch 22
Nerve Entrapment Caused at Hysterectomy (r)
Overcoming Endometriosis (b)

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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 (r)

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

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Vol.5 No.2 An Introduction to Hysterectomy: The Operation and Its Life-LongConsequences
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) (l)
Slow Transit Constipation (r)
(Constipation and urinary dysfunction after hysterectomy)

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PAMPHLET: "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.

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UN BECOMING DVD
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UN BECOMING VIDEO (VHS)
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