Women's Health Activist articles from September 2005

Women's Health Activist archives from September 2005

Honoring 30 activists for the NWHN's 30th anniversary.(National Women's Health Network )
September 1, 2005... NWHN is proud to present to you 30 activists whom we are honoring for their essential work on women's health. Individually, these 29 women and one man have created and inspired work to improve women's health over the last 30-plus years. Their...

Playing dodge ball with women's bodies.
September 1, 2005... I thought I'd left dodge ball behind me in 6th grade. I was more of a bookworm than athlete and I hated dodge ball, mostly because it hurt like crazy when I got hit with the ball, which seemed to happen a lot. I knew that I should catch the...

Tribute gifts to NWHN: a thoughtful way to commemorate someone special.(National Women's Health Network )(Brief article)
September 1, 2005... IN HONOR OF Dora Lee Ackerman Helen J. Sica Carole Berman Helen Knee Victoria Chertok Barbara Chertok Judy Costlow & NWHN Barbara Breeden-Schmenik Gail LeBow Esther Dresner's 75th Birthday ...

Finding Athena.(young FEMINISTS)
September 1, 2005... I excitedly rounded the corner to the wax museum next exhibit. I'd passed by artists, dictators, president Pope's and Hollywood hunks. Now it was time to my eyes on the one group of wax individuals meant the most to me, the scientists. I could...

Emergency Contraception (EC) has been available in Great Britain over-the-counter since 2001.(WOMEN'S HEALTH SNAPSHOTS)(Brief article)
September 1, 2005... Emergency Contraception (EC) has been available in Great Britain over-the-counter since 2001. A recent study of contraceptive use revealed that British women's contraceptive usage patterns remained very similar before and after over-the-counter...

Pelvic floor symptoms, especially urinary incontinence and obstructive urinary and bowel symptoms, are very common in older women.(WOMEN'S HEALTH SNAPSHOTS)(Brief article)
September 1, 2005... Pelvic floor symptoms, especially urinary incontinence and obstructive urinary and bowel symptoms, are very common in older women. A recent study suggests that some of these symptoms may be associated with modifiable lifestyle factors. Women...

A large study of planned home births in North America in 2000 revealed low intervention rates and high maternal satisfaction.(WOMEN'S HEALTH SNAPSHOTS)(Brief article)
September 1, 2005... A large study of planned home births in North America in 2000 revealed low intervention rates and high maternal satisfaction. Of 5,418 women who planned to deliver in the home, 12.1 percent were transferred to a hospital Overall intervention...

Latina agenda for reproductive justice.
September 1, 2005... Latinas are facing a reproductive health care crisis in the United States: over 41 percent of Latinas are uninsured and almost one-third lack a regular health care provider. In addition, immigrant Latinas are being systematically shut out of...

What does the network think? Will a new test for women with breast cancer help avoid unnecessary chemotherapy?
September 1, 2005... Breast cancer patients and others interested in the disease may have noticed press reports last fall, announcing that a new test might be able to help patients find out whether or not they need chemotherapy. This announcement caught NWH N's...

Why race-based medicine is a bad idea.(Prescription for Change)
September 1, 2005... The FDA recently approved BilDil for treatment of congestive heart failure in African-Americans, making it the first therapy approved for a specific racial group. There are a lot of things wrong with this decision, which has implications beyond...

G-spot sore spot.
September 1, 2005... G-Spot The CDC estimates that federally funded programs aimed to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) helped avert approximately 32 million cases of gonorrhea from 1971-2003. In addition to reducing the number of infections,...