Ticket to Book Club

on May 15, 2015 from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
by Margaret Aranda Ferrante, MD, Ph.D.

*******   Your Ticket is FREE!   *******
and you can read Chapter One Free, too! 
It's the next blog after this one!

1. Simply purchase Book, Archives of the Vagina: A Journey through Time    (www.drmargaretaranda.tateauthor.com/other-works/);

2. Start reading ASAP; I give a 40 min talk to start the BOOK CLUB on May 15;

3. Questions & Comments for 20 min afterwards;

4. More Q & A can be asked on the Book Website.

5. You would be eligible to have a BOOK CLUB in your home, or at a Friends, too! 

6. Join in the fun & Education by Inviting your Friends in a simple, uncomplicated Competition!

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PRIZES!!  PRIZES!!  PRIZES!! PRIZES!!

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"INVITE YOUR FRIENDS" COMPETITION:

****  We want this to be International!  ****

If you are submitting a group of friends,

even if it is two people,

REMEMBER TO STATE YOUR CITY, STATE,

AND COUNTRY!!!!

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PRIZES!!  PRIZES!!  PRIZES!! PRIZES!!

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GRAND PRIZE: YOUR GROUP GETS TO CHOOSE FROM ONE OF THE THREE:


#1: THE NAME OF THE MAIN CHARACTER(S) IN MY NEXT BOOK!

#2: EACH MEMBER OF YOUR GROUP 

GETS TO PARTICIPATE WITH ME IN CREATING 

THE TITLE OF MY NEXT BOOK!

#3: EACH MEMBER OF YOUR GROUP GETS TO VOTE WITH ME ON WHICH BOOK COVER TO USE

FOR MY NEXT BOOK!

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HONORABLE MENTION: EACH MEMBER OF THE GROUP GETS SENT THE LINK TO A BROCHURE ON 
HEART DISEASE IN WOMEN!

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TO PARTICIPATE IN CONTEST: "COMMENT" ON THIS POST WITH YOUR NAME AND THE SECRET WORD, "UTERUS." ADD YOUR CITY, STATE, COUNTRY, AND THE NUMBER COMING TO YOUR HOSTING OF THIS BOOK CLUB #1.
ENTER 6 ITEMS TOTAL.

ALL ENTRIES WILL BE SECRET, 
TO PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY.

C'MON, WOMEN! OUR VOICES WILL BE HEARD! 


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JUST WRITE A COMMENT, JUST WRITE A COMMENT! ... AND YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO ENTER THE COMPETITION TO  ATTEND THE BOOK CLUB! 

THANK YOU, AND LET'S HAVE FUN!

 ****  WE ARE PROUD TO BE WOMEN!  ****

Archives of the Vagina: Chapter One

by Margaret Aranda Ferrante, MD., Ph.,D.

different version found on www.hormonesmatter.com.

I have a daughter, and when I first started this book, I thought I would write something for her benefit and knowledge, as she was to soon become a teenager. The maiden enters puberty and eventually learns that she is growing up. There are several professional societies that recommend she be immunized against human papilloma virus, or HPV.  HPV can lead to cervical cancer, anal warts, and a variety of other maladies.
Possibly one day, our daughters will be a mother who is pregnant, and if she ever started bleeding, I wanted to review some basic concepts because they really do not change too much with time. The human body is the human body, so I included causes of vaginal bleeding during each trimester of pregnancy. With or without children, she would eventually go into menopause, and I thought it would be great to prepare her for that, not so much now, but definitely later. Especially if I wasn't alive by then. So Archives of the Vagina: A Journey through Time is for her.

I learned many things that were not taught to me in college or medical school, and I tried to portray girls and menstruation in different geographical areas, like Uganda, as well as provide a historical story of how women used to be treated since the time of Aristotle. I got a little caught up in what I was doing and ended up reviewing the literature on several subjects of importance for the baby boomers of today. I am shocked that I discovered that of women in the United States who are over 45 years of age, 40% of them have had their uterus taken out by a hysterectomy. Of these, about half had their perfectly normal ovaries removed. My desire is that this changes.

We know so much about how the ovaries protect against unhealthy aging by preventing heart disease bone decay, Alzheimer's disease, and a myriad of other factors important to women. So sit back and be prepared to learn many things that you just did not know. How could you know? You could not have known unless you went to medical school, internship, residency, Fellowship, and practiced medicine in Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Forensic Medicine.

I only know because I'm I'm a doctor, but I thought it important to pass along the information that's in my head. And since so much of medicine is evidence-based, I have used and listed references, many of them from the National Institutes of Health website, so that you can refer to them, too.

For any piece of information that a doctor states, there should be a research study or paper, cited within the medical literature, that is the reference. But just because a paper makes it into the literature that does not mean that it is the truth. I bring this fact home when discussing the Women's Health Initiative. That is why doctors go to Journal Club and professional meetings. We review the medical literature, critique the study design, analyze the study outcomes, and evaluate the recommendations. We can still make up our own minds, because sometimes, the study was done poorly and/or the conclusions don't apply to every woman. By the time you finish this book, I hope you understand this more fully.

If you are giving this book to your daughter to read before she inserts her first tampon, I have divided the anatomy of the female genitalia into discussions. This way, she doesn't need to learn about inserting the penis at the same time. I have also included instructions in the Appendix and hope that this "red book" serves as a reference for different times in your daughter's life.

And I hope you use it for your mother, your sisters, and your aunts, too, especially when they are undergoing menopause or considering hysterectomy. It's all about women helping women.

Should boys and girls undergo a series of three Gardasil (R) immunizations in six months, per recommendation, starting at eleven to twelve years of age to prevent Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)? It is a series of three immunizations that occurs over six months. She's old enough to have a measure of understanding about shots, and why would they be necessary? Do I just tell her that it will prevent some kinds of cancer (the PAP Smear does that, too)? She will understand that. Do I discuss the number of sexual partners with her? Certainly not, since she is too young. Sexual abstinence and avoiding multiple sexual partners will reduce her risk (as will as not smoking cigarettes), but the question remains. Should our girls and boys be immunized at eleven years old for HPV and prevention of cervical carcinoma? 

My opinion is a resounding NO. Too many complications, autoimmune disorders, magnesium in the vaccine, and over 900 girls died of the vaccine during their own clinical trials. Now Japan, France, & India (which has more children than any other country) have banned the vaccination. More recently, Spain has criminal charges against the release  of the vaccine. 

Let's educate ourselves. That's what the American Society of Obstetrics and Gynecologists wants us to do anyway. With some help from your male and female physicians who are willing to stick their necks out, we can get good at helping all women. I know we can. We can get good at this.