Women's Health Activist articles from September 2006

Women's Health Activist archives from September 2006

The hyde amendment's prohibition of federal funding for abortion--30 years is enough!
September 1, 2006... A.B. SOUNDED CLOSE TO TEARS on the phone as she told her story of seeking an abortion. As a resident of Pennsylvania, she receives $316 per month in TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) cash assistance to support herself and her young...

Access to abortion: beyond the legal guarantees of Roe.
September 1, 2006... What is the role of the women's health movement in the national struggle over abortion? The National Women's Health Network believes that safe abortion is an essential aspect of ensuring women's good health, just as safe childbirth and respect...

The war on young women's reproductive freedom.
September 1, 2006... Recent legislative efforts to implement mandated parental involvement for minors who seek abortion services must be viewed in the greater context of an all-out assault on women's sexual and reproductive justice by all levels of the government....

Tribute gifts to NWHN: a thoughtful way to commemorate someone special.(National Women's Health Network )(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... IN HONOR OF Bess Alexander Catherine Valsamoulis Lillian Arrow Cohen Jo & Allen Reichler Alisha Atlas-Corbett Paula Block-Levor Anita Ginocchio Judith Costlow Ellen Harding Carol E. Dixon ...

Supporting informed health care decisions: the network's role.
September 1, 2006... The National Women's Health Network was founded in 1975 to give women a greater voice in the health care system by advocating for sound policies that positively affect women's health. Helping individual women make decisions about their health...

You heard it here first: don't over treat cervical abnormalities in teens.(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has issued new guidelines on how to treat adolescents who receive abnormal results from their Pap tests (which identifies cervical abnormalities, called "intraepithelial neoplasia',...

Listen to me!(young FEMINISTS)
September 1, 2006... The phone rang at the office of the Women's Health Voice, the NWHN's health information service at the National Women's Health Network (NWHN). It was Wednesday and we interns were all there: Jaime, Lisa, Lauren, and me. I reached for the...

Estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer patients receive so much benefit from estrogen-blocking hormone therapy that undergoing chemotherapy may add little, if any, benefit to their treatment regimens.(WOMEN'S HEALTH SNAPSHOTS)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer patients receive so much benefit from estrogen-blocking hormone therapy that undergoing chemotherapy may add little, if any, benefit to their treatment regimens. In a recent analysis of three...

A recent study of women giving birth in New Mexico found that lower maternal education level, Valsalva pushing (pushing while holding one's breath), and infant birthweight are risk factors for genital tract trauma in first-time vaginal birth.(WOMEN'S HEALTH SNAPSHOTS)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... A recent study of women giving birth in New Mexico found that lower maternal education level, Valsalva pushing (pushing while holding one's breath), and infant birthweight are risk factors for genital tract trauma in first-time vaginal birth....

Adult weight gain is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer.(WOMEN'S HEALTH SNAPSHOTS)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Adult weight gain is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. Results from the Nurses Health Study found that women who had gained 25 kg (about 55 lbs) since age 18 were at a greater risk of breast cancer, as were women who gained at...

Correction: colon cancer and estrogen.(Correction notice)
September 1, 2006... The Women's Health Initiative article (Part II), published in the July issue of the Women's Health Activist, inadvertently included incorrect information. The article should have read "Estrogen-plus-progestin reduced women's risk of developing...

"Light" cigarettes carry heavy risks.(Prescription for Change)
September 1, 2006... Smokers consider so-called "light" cigarettes to be safer than regular cigarettes. But choosing "lights" is not a healthier choice at all. Nicotine, of course, is highly addictive; I've had patients tell me it was harder to quit smoking...

G-spot sore spot.
September 1, 2006... G-Spot Many hospitals are taking practical steps to make child-birth safer for women. These initiatives include emphasizing better communication between obstetric nurses and physicians; discouraging or prohibiting labor inductions prior to...