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Pelvic Organ Prolapse & Ending the Epidemic of Unnecessary Hysterectomies
November/December 2009
By Pam Geyer
ACOG Offers Mixed Bag of Practice Guidelines
November/December 2009
By Rachel Walden
This year, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) — the professional organization for U.S. obstetricians and gynecologists — has issued a number of opinions related to pregnancy and birth. For better or worse, these bulletins and opinions serve as a reference guide to the standard of care for women giving birth in the U.S. Some of the statements could encourage changes toward more evidence-based choices for women during birth, while others have generated broad criticism from advocates of birth choice.
Even if They are Behind Closed Doors, They Can Still Hear Our Voices
November/December 2009
By Cindy Pearson
Last month, when I first started thinking about what to write in this column, I found myself wishing that I had a crystal ball and could see into the future. “How can I write about health care reform for a November/December column, when I don’t know what Congress is going to do in October?” But then I realized that I knew exactly what to say, even if I didn’t know exactly what was going to happen before my words would be read by our Network members.
Early Puberty for Girls: The New “Normal” and Why We Need to be Concerned
September/October 2009
By Kathleen O’Grady
Prescription for Change: Ghostwritten Articles Helped Sell Hormones
September/October 2009
by Charlea T. Massion, M.D. & Adriane Fugh-Berman, M.D.
If you or your mother became menopausal between the 1960s and 90s, you know that most women were pressured to take hormones from their first hot flash until their death. A friend joked that all women would be clutching a vial of Premarin on their death-beds. Joking aside, all Network members should be proud to be part of the only national membership organization that consistently opposed estrogen for disease prevention.
Hormone Therapy and Cognitive Preservation – Now A Distant Memory!
September/October 2009
By Jonathan Raymond
Re-Exploding the Estrogen Myth
September/October 2009
This issue of the Women’s Health Activist is full of great information that will help you make sense of what’s happening right now with respect to menopause hormone therapy (HT). If you want to learn even more about the history of physicians’ decades-long love affair with HT, there’s a book you’ve simply got to read — and it’s just been published in a new edition.
What it Takes to Give Birth to Health Reform
September/October 2009
By Cindy Pearson
There was a moment last month when — all the sudden — I switched from using women’s health stories to explain the need for health reform, to using women’s health stories to explain the process of health reform. It was in the middle of Congress’ August recess, and things were hot in more ways than one: hot enough to work up a sweat in just a short walk outside our office in downtown Washington, D.C., and hot politically.
The Long, Hot Summer of 2009
July/August 2009
By Cindy Pearson, Executive Director
We’re expecting a long, hot summer in D.C. this year. No, not because of global warming (in fact, it’s been unusually rainy and cool the last few weeks), but because health care reform is heating up at long last.
Mammography & Breast Cancer: Sometimes What You See is NOT What You Get
July/August 2009
By Cindy Pearson
Change We Can Believe in – New Developments in Access to Emergency Contraception
July/August 2009
By Susan Flinn
Young Feminists -- Poison Earth, Poison Woman: Making the Connection
July/August 2009
Alison Ojanen-Goldsmith
“From a healthy Earth come healthy women. From healthy women comes a healthy Earth. ”
