Women's Health Activist articles from November 2007

Women's Health Activist archives from November 2007

To bleed or not to bleed: new options in the birth control arsenal.
November 1, 2007... "MENSTRUATION IS NOT A NORMAL, HEALTHY THING TO HAPPEN." (1) Since the recent introduction of "menstrual suppression" products to help women avoid or limit their periods, some physicians and scientists have made grossly unsupported...

Happy 20th anniversary, Cindy!
November 1, 2007... I first met Cindy in 1991 when I moved east from Berkeley, CA, to begin an internship with the National Women's Health Network. At that time, Cindy was the program director, the clearinghouse coordinator, and the intern supervisor (all rolled...

The search continues for female-controlled HIV prevention methods: Ibis reproductive health/Cervical Barrier Advancement Society.
November 1, 2007... The number of women infected with HIV rises each year across the globe. In the United States today, women account for more than one quarter of all HIV/AIDS diagnoses and AIDS is the leading cause of death among African American women ages 25-34...

Raising Women's Voices for the Health Care We Need: NWHN joins forces with MergerWatch and Avery Institute to make a difference.
November 1, 2007... It's sometimes said that public interest in health care for all goes through cycles--every 15 years or so, there's a new drive to bring universal health care to this country. Some efforts have been more successful than others, but so far, none...

Environmental health education and awareness: avoiding the personal responsibility trap.(young FEMINISTS)
November 1, 2007... At a recent women's health conference, I attended a panel on the health impact of environmental contaminants and chemicals on women, and specifically on reproductive health. In addition to dangerous pollutants and pesticides that can affect...

Women's health snapshots.(Clinical report)
November 1, 2007... A recent study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in June showed that breast cancer patients might not need as much radiation as they get. In a randomized, controlled study, researchers compared radiation regimens of...

Migraines, menopause, and marketing.(Prescription for Change)
November 1, 2007... Several states are considering banning sales of prescription information and patient medical records to commercial entities that sell this information to pharmaceutical companies for marketing purposes (see "Over-the-Counter Sales of Medical...

G-spot.(vaginal rejuvenation)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... In September, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) spoke out against a type of gyn surgery. Why are the ObGyns criticizing their own specialty? ACOG spoke out in order to warn women that "vaginal rejuvenation,"...

Sore spot.
November 1, 2007... As if annoying ads for prescription drugs weren't bad enough, now women have to endure TV ads encouraging them to get tested for the "breast cancer gene". Myriad Genetics, developer of a test for BRCA1 and BRCA2 (genetic mutations that increase...