Women's Health Activist articles from May 2005

Women's Health Activist archives from May 2005

The fountain of youth.
May 1, 2005... LOOKING FOR STRESS RELIEF; weight control; bone, muscle and heart strengthener? How about a digestive aid, sleep enhancer, and a way to help your mind stay young? Sounds like an advertisement for hormone replacement therapy before before...

Building a fence around science.
May 1, 2005... I went to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus last month for some important meetings on women's health. It was the first time I had gone to NIH in quite a while and I was shocked by what I found. The Bush Administration is literally...

The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2005... The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls By Joan Jacobs Brumberg Vintage, 1998 The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls is a highly accessible and enjoyable book that traces girls' relationships with their...

Telling Bodies, Performing Birth.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2005... Telling Bodies, Performing Birth By Della Pollock Columbia University Press, 1993. Della Pollock's Telling Bodies, Birth is a beautifully rendered and insightful book based on a diverse collection of birth narratives--particularly those...

Pandora's Baby--How the First Test Tube Babies Sparked the Reproductive Revolution.(Book review)
May 1, 2005... Pandora's Baby--How the First Test Tube Babies Sparked the Reproductive Revolution by Robin Marantz Henig Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004 Review by Shannon Brownlee Most people assume that the era of in vitro fertilization (IVF), and the...

Waxman report reveals flaws in abstinence-only-until-marriage education.
May 1, 2005... Something remarkable happened on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2004: Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) issued a report on federally funded abstinence-only-until-marriage programs in his role as Ranking Member of the U.S. House of Representatives'...

Tribute gifts to NWHN: a thoughtful way to commemorate someone special.(National Women's Health Network)(Brief article)
May 1, 2005... IN HONOR OF All the women who have worked with Women's Health Consultants since the 1970s, their grandmothers, mothers, sisters, daughters and granddaughters Women's Health Consultants Eileen P. Barrett in honor of Mother's Day...

The dangers of abstinence-only education.(young FEMINISTS)
May 1, 2005... The Declaration of Sexual Rights was created by the World Sexology Association in 1999 and has been adopted by the World Health Organization. The Declaration describes access to comprehensive sexual education as a primary human right. As a...

Racism may be a contributing factor to low birth-weights in African American infants.(WOMEN'S HEALTH SNAPSHOTS)(Brief article)
May 1, 2005... Racism may be a contributing factor to low birth-weights in African American infants. A recent study found African American mothers who delivered very low birthweight preterm infants were more likely to report exposure to interpersonal racial...

Survivors of intimate partner violence are able to offer unique insight into the best way of providing services for women who are in abusive relationships.(WOMEN'S HEALTH SNAPSHOTS)(Brief article)
May 1, 2005... Survivors of intimate partner violence are able to offer unique insight into the best way of providing services for women who are in abusive relationships. In a recent survey of women who have experienced partner violence, the importance of...

A recent online survey revealed that many lesbians face barriers to health care.(WOMEN'S HEALTH SNAPSHOTS)(Brief article)
May 1, 2005... A recent online survey revealed that many lesbians face barriers to health care. Three-quarters (75%) of lesbians report having delayed obtaining care when ill for at least one reason, compared with 54% of heterosexual women. Lesbians aged...

FDA Committee says no to testosterone patch.(Food and Drug Administration)
May 1, 2005... In December 2004, the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee voted unanimously against approval of a testosterone patch to treat low sex desire in women. Committee members explained their opposition,...

Alternative arthritis treatments.(Prescription for Change)
May 1, 2005... In a surprise move, on April 7th, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it was withdrawing Bextra (rofecoxib) from the market. Bextra is a COX-2 inhibitor, a class of drugs that blocks the COX-2 enzyme and reduces pain and swelling,...

G-spot sore spot.(Microbicide Development Act)(Johnson & Johnson talks of product safety)(website on Breast implants)
May 1, 2005... G-Spot [A] The 'Microbicide Development Act' was recently introduced into Congress by Senators Barack Obama (D-IL), Jon Corzine (D- NJ), and Olympia Snowe (R-ME). The legislation encourages scientific...