Women's Health Activist articles

Recent articles from Women's Health Activist

Bills, barriers and bias--women's health care stories show need for action on costs and quality.
July 1, 2009... OFELIA SIERRA STOOD BEFORE A ROOM OF MORE THAN 120 PEOPLE and told her story, first in Mixteco and then in English: "When I got sick a few months ago, I had a very high fever. I waited and waited, but finally I went to the emergency room. I felt like if I didn't speak the language well, I had...

The long, hot summer of 2009.
July 1, 2009... We're expecting a long, hot summer in D.C. this year. No, not because of global warming (in fact, it's been unusually rainy and cool the last few weeks), but because health care reform is heating "up at long last. Legislation to guarantee affordable quality health care for all is being...

Kudos to Atlanta Collective Voice member Toby Sidman!(Report)
July 1, 2009... In a welcome precursor to our new member campaign--We Want You To Recruit For NWHN!--a Collective Voice member in Atlanta helped build the Network's visibility and membership in the Georgia region. In 2007, Tobyanne Sidman met Jill Battalen, NWHN's Director of Individual Giving, at a NWHN...

Mammography & breast cancer: sometimes what you see is not what you get.
July 1, 2009... Since the very first study of mammography in the 1960s, everyone has assumed that the breast cancers found via screening mammography were exactly the same as any other breast cancer. After all, the final diagnosis of breast cancer isn't made until after the suspicious tissue is examined in...

Is your clinician prescribing under the influence?
July 1, 2009... Here's a fun way for your favorite clinician to learn how drug companies try to influence them--and earn Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits at the same time. The Pharmalyzer CME course offers open-minded clinicians a chance to see themselves through the eyes of Big Pharma,...