Event Title:

Organization:

  Conference/Convention

  Atlanta

Start Date:

  11/15/2008

End Date:

  11/15/2008

Start Time:

  8:30am

End Time:

  6:00pm

Event Info: 

  YOU ARE A WOMAN, NOT A PATIENT

The HERS Foundation will hold their 27th Hysterectomy Conference November 15th, 2008 from 9am-6pm at the Westin Buckhead Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. Medical and legal experts will discuss the alternatives, risks, and consequences of hysterectomy. The conference will be of interest to everyone with a personal or professional interest in women’s health issues. The registration fee is $65, but as always, and especially in these difficult economic times, all are welcome, regardless of ability to pay.

The conference will provide information not generally disclosed by physicians about the surgery, such as:

Fibroids are benign and not a disease. A hysterectomy is never needed for fibroids unless you have the wrong doctor.
Removal of the uterus, with or without removal of the ovaries, elevates a woman's risk of osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, heart disease and other pathological conditions.
Removal of the uterus causes the loss of uterine orgasm, an irreversible consequence.
Removal of a woman's ovaries, the female gonads, is castration, with effects that are similar to removal of a man's testicles.

On the eve of the conference, there will be a screening of Rick Schweikert’s play “un becoming,” Friday November 14th at 7:30pm. The play revolves around an artist whose life could be permanently changed by a medical decision.

Hysterectomy is an unproven operation neither its assumed worth nor its necessity have ever been scientifically proven. Register online at www.hersfoundation.org/conference.html or call HERS at 888.750.HERS (4377).

Location:

  Westin Buckhead Hotel

Room:

  Woodruff Room

Address:

  3391 Peachtree Road, NE

Phone:

  610.667.7757

City:

  Atlanta

State/Province:

  GA