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Save the Date for Our 35th Anniversary & Fall Fundraising Event

September/October

By Jill Battalen, Director of Individual Giving

Moving From Judgement to Empathy: Lessons From the States

September/October

By Margaret Conway, Lydia Stuckey and Kirsten Moore

Young Feminists: A Doula's Story

September/October

By D'Laura Brumfield

Snapshots

September/October

Friends Don't Let Friends Take Avandia

September/October

By Charlea T. Massion, MD & Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD

In mid-July, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee voted to keep the diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone) on the market, while simultaneously acknowledging not only that the drug increases the risk of heart attacks, but also that there are many other, safer medications available — including Actos (pioglitazone), a close sibling of Avandia made by a competing manufacturer.

Bending Toward Health Justice

July/August 2010

By Amy Allina, NWHN Policy Director

Date Published: 
Wed, July 14, 2010

Snapshots

July/August 2010

 

Young Feminists: The Irony of Oral Contraceptives

July/August 2010

By Natieka Samuels

Welcome New and Returning Board Mmebers

July/August 2010

In the last NWHN Board of Directors elections, all three incumbents were re-elected: Bindiya Patel, Laura Kaplan and Susan Wood. In addition, three members will join the board in June: Priscilla Huang, Charlea Massion, and Zipatly Mendoza. Learn more about these excellent women in their candidate’s statements, below:

Who are we listening to?

July/August 2010

By Cynthia Pearson

Review: The Push To Prescribe — Women and Canadian Drug Policy Edited by Anne Rochon Ford and Diane Saibil

May/June 2010

By Ann Pappert

In 1992, when I first moved back to the U.S. after living in Canada for more than 20 years, I would stare in amazement at the endless parade of prescription drug commercials that appeared nightly across my TV screen. Direct-to-consumer ads for prescription drugs weren’t permitted in Canada. But here in the States, the ads were everywhere.

Date Published: 
Mon, May 03, 2010

The Hidden Women's Cancer

May/June 2010

By Tracey Stelzer Hyams, JD, MPH

 

Date Published: 
Mon, May 03, 2010

Announcements

May/June 2010

 

Announcements

June Board Meeting
The NWHN board of directors will meet next in Washington, DC on June 12 & 13. NWHN members are welcome to join us for parts of the weekend.  If you are interested in attending, please contact the office for more information at 202.682.2640.

Date Published: 
Mon, May 03, 2010

Snapshots

May/June 2010

Date Published: 
Mon, May 03, 2010

Know Your Number? Not this One!

May/June 2010

By Cynthia Pearson

Date Published: 
Mon, May 03, 2010

Prescription for Change: Be Your Own Death Panel

May/June 2010

By Charlea T. Massion, MD, and Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD

Date Published: 
Mon, May 03, 2010