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...HERS Foundation, a nonprofit organization that educates women about hysterectomy, says he would like to see the surgery go the way of tonsillectomy-effectively phasing it out. HERS compares the procedure to castration and says its many adverse health effects far outweigh any benefits. A recent Foundation survey of women found that those with hysterectomy reported irritability, diminished sexual desire, fatigue and lost genital sensation. Other risks of the surgery include damage to the bladder and bowels. HERS says there are also economic reasons to curb the use of hysterectomy and estimates that $17 billion would be saved annually...
...fact that soft news is far more popular than hard news was a relatively unconfirmed discovery prior to the survey, Patterson said. Each respondent was asked a few questions about current events at the time of their response; on issues ranging from the British government’s planned withdrawal of troops from Iraq to the death of Anna Nicole Smith...
...report, titled “Young People and News,” teens are identified as aged 12-17, young adults are between the ages of 18 and 30, and older adults those 31 and older. A national survey asked 1800 Americans various questions about where they get there news, what kind of news it is, and how they obtain...
...said that this particular survey was unique in that it brought teenagers into the sample, shedding light on many misconceptions about what issues are important to young people...
Most disheartening for Patterson, however, was the measured decline in newspaper readership. He said that the survey results confirmed the marked trend of people staying away from print newspapers...