This story was originally posted as a five part series on our site in 2011-2012 when the healthcare debate began heating up.
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They call it “Surgical Menopause”, couldn’t they have come up with a better name for it? Something, really anything else would be
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The Sexual Trauma of LEEP
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Twelve years ago, when I was 25 years old I underwent a LEEP procedure for removing abnormal cells from my cervix. I
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Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
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Heavy menstrual bleeding is a significant cause of poor health in women, and yet it is rarely discussed openly because of the
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I am now 30 year old mother of three very beautiful children. I had suffered for years with irregular menstrual bleeding, horrible
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Doctors frequently dismiss irritability and depression as minor side effects of birth control – a mere inconvenience that can easily be treated.
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I don’t particularly like saying I’ve been “victimized” nor do I like thinking of myself as a “victim”. I never have. The
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Gynecologic surgeries, particularly hysterectomy (uterus removal), oophorectomy (ovary removal) and C-section, are the top overused procedures in the U.S. Only a small
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