Women's Health Activist articles from January 2004

Women's Health Activist archives from January 2004

Life sentences: women, prison and the invisible health crisis.
January 1, 2004... PROSTITUTION ISN'T NORMALLY A CAPITAL OFFENSE, but it was for Lisa Watson. Watson, the pseudonym of an actual prisoner in the Central California Women's Facility, had just begun a four-year sentence for prostitution when she started...

NWHN: a substantial new look.(National Women's Health Network )
January 1, 2004... What's in a look? We asked ourselves this question often during the last year as NWHN moved forward to the new design, name and expanded nature of this newsletter. In addition to this column and the usual mixture of news and analysis, each...

Cervical barrier methods: a new role for old devices?
January 1, 2004... A growing body of research suggests that covering the cervix may play a key role in preventing the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). In a project now underway in Africa, members of the reproductive health...

The madwoman in the mirror: do you ever look in the mirror and adjust your fat to see what body shape you might miraculously morph into?(young Feminists)
January 1, 2004... Well, we do. Three otherwise proud feminists in our early 20s, we also spend more time than we care to admit tweezing our eyebrows, shaving our legs, obsessing before the mirror in search of zits, and torturing our feet into stiletto heels so...

Does menopause cause memory loss?(Women's Health Snapshots)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Does menopause cause memory loss? Not according to researchers at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center. In the first longitudinal study of cognition during menopause, memory tests were performed on a group of 868 midlife women...

African-American women are twice as likely as white women to suffer from coronary heart disease.(Women's Health Snapshots)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... African-American women are twice as likely as white women to suffer from coronary heart disease. A four-year nationwide study of 2,763 women of both races found that black women had higher blood pressure and cholesterol and were less likely to...

Thirty to forty percent of while females ages 16 to 18 have used indoor tanning beds, as have 47 percent of those ages 18 to 19, according to a survey of 6,903 adolescents across the United States.(Women's Health Snapshots)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Thirty to forty percent of while females ages 16 to 18 have used indoor tanning beds, as have 47 percent of those ages 18 to 19, according to a survey of 6,903 adolescents across the United States. Among all adolescent users, more than half...

Indigenous Women's Health Book, Within the Sacred Circle.(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... INDIGENOUS WOMEN'S HEALTH BOOK, WITHIN THE SACRED CIRCLE Edited by Charon Asetoyer 2003; Indigenous Women's Press (www.nativeshop.org or 605-487-7072), Lake Andes, S.D. 323 pages; $32.95 The Native American Women's Health Education Resource...

Protecting America's Health: The FDA, Business, and One Hundred Years of Regulation.(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... PROTECTING AMERICA'S HEALTH: THE FDA, BUSINESS, AND ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF REGULATION Philip J. Hilts 2003; Alfred A. Knopf, New York 394 pages; $26.95 Tracing the evolution of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from the start of the...

The Hurried Woman Syndrome.(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... THE HURRIED WOMAN SYNDROME Brent Bost 2001; Vantage Press, New York 222 pages; $24.95 Have you been experiencing fatigue, weight gain, low sex drive or moodiness? If so, you could be a hurried woman. According to Dr. Brent Bost,...

NWHN's "unsung heroine" wins national award.(National Women's Health Network)(Phyllis McCarthy Public Interest Award)
January 1, 2004... Longtime NWHN staffer Beverly Thomas is a recipient of Public Citizen's first annual Phyllis McCarthy Public Interest Award. McCarthy, who died in November of 2002, spent 24 years at Public Citizen, primarily as managing editor and office...

Amplify your voice.(National Women's Health Network)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... The National Women's Health Network knows that we are only as strong as our members. Together, we are a powerful force demanding fair, accurate and science-based health information and policy. And, we are committed to increasing our impact. ...

The death of vaginal birth?(Prescription For Change)
January 1, 2004... A recent study in the Lancet (Nov. 20, 2003) found that a previous Cesarean section increased the risk that a woman's next child would be stillborn. This may not be an obvious cause for celebration, but bad news about C-sections is good news...

SisterSong: working for women's reproductive health.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Several NWHN staff and board members participated in the recent national conference convened by SisterSong, a collaboration of organizations that represent women of color and work on issues involving reproductive health. At the four-day...

G-spot.(nursing mother's demonstration )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... In November, 45 mothers demonstrated against a Washington, D.C., Barnes & Noble by publicly nursing their children on the sales floor. They were protesting a store clerk's decision--against store policy, it turned out--to ask a nursing mother...

Sore spot.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... In October, a Philadelphia judge ordered a doctor to pay an undisclosed Sum to a teenager for allegedly performing a second-trimester abortion without informing the teen of her potential risks for breast cancer. The best evidence establishes no...