Tag: hysterectomy

Too Quick to Cut: The Dark Side of Surgery in Women’s Medicine

In my teens, I had terrible cramps that came every month with my periods. They were so painful that I was incapacitated for one week out of every four, making my life miserable. I went to countless doctors and specialists, who either told me to “deal with it” or prescribed medication. The drugs were so…


Woman Charged With Fake Bomb Threat of Boston Children’s Hospital For Providing Trans Surgeries

A woman from Westfield, Massachusetts, was arrested and charged on Thursday after she allegedly made a false bomb threat against the Boston Children’s Hospital. The hospital received the threat via phone on Aug. 30, with the caller claiming that “there is a bomb on the way to the hospital, you better evacuate everybody you sickos,”…


Did You Need That Hysterectomy?

While Cesarean delivery remains the most common surgical procedure among women of reproductive age, hysterectomy isn’t far behind, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine. The second most common surgery for women of childbearing age, hysterectomy involves the surgical removal of the womb. It can be performed using three different techniques: vaginal, abdominal, and laparoscopic. According to…