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Why Insurance Doesn’t Work Like a Salad Bar
By: Caila Brander ACA Repeal, Affordable Care Act (ACA), Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Deep Dive Articles, Press ReleasesOne of the most controversial debates stemming from Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been over maternity coverage and who should pay for it. Under the ACA, coverage for maternity and newborn care—like mental health care, prescription drugs, and more—is part of the essential health benefits package that insurance companies must include in plans for individuals and small employers.
Our Bodies, Our Lives, Our Right to Decide? How Women’s Health Advocates Might Shape End-of-Life Policies
By: Ninia Baehr End of Life, Older Women, The Women's Health Activist Newsletter Deep Dive ArticlesAdvances in health care have made it possible to increase the quantity, if not always the quality, of many people’s lives. There is a growing right-to-die movement in the United States. I have been working on exploring whether, and how, veterans of the women’s health movement might engage with and shape the right-to-die movement.
Rx for Change: Jane’s History Resonates
By: Laura Kaplan Abortion, Abortion Access, Jane, Rx for Change, The Women's Health Activist Newsletter Deep Dive ArticlesOver 40 years after Jane folded when abortion was legalized, its echoes continue to reverberate. But the right to an abortion has never stopped being under attack.
Abortion Without Provider Involvement: Exercising Autonomy Beyond Partisan Politics
By: NWHN Staff Abortion, Abortion Access, Abortion Pill, Medication Abortion, Mifepristone, Misoprostol, The Women's Health Activist Newsletter Deep Dive ArticlesThe NWHN defends women’s sexual and reproductive health and autonomy against anti-choice threats that seek to undermine access to contraception and abortion care.
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“Light” Cigarettes Carry Heavy Risk
By: Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD ,Rx for Change, Smoking, The Women's Health Activist Newsletter Deep Dive ArticlesSmokers consider so-called light cigarettes to be safer than regular cigarettes. But choosing “lights” isn’t a healthier choice at all.
What Can the Women’s Health Initiative Tell Us About How to Age Healthfully? (Part II)
By: NWHN Staff ,Aging, Older Women, The Women's Health Activist Newsletter, Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Deep Dive ArticlesLow Fat Diet, Hormone Therapy & Calcium: Which One Works, and for What?
Getting Burned: Radiation Exposure from CT Scans
By: Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD ,Radiation, Rx for Change, The Women's Health Activist Newsletter Deep Dive ArticlesDo you know that radiation exposure from one “CAT” scan can be equivalent to the dose received by some survivors of the Nagasaki atomic bombing? No? Chances are, neither does your doctor.
What Can the Women’s Health Initiative Tell Us About How to Age Healthfully? (Part I)
By: NWHN Staff ,Aging, Low Fat Diets, Nutrition, Older Women, Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Deep Dive ArticlesLow Fat Diet vs. Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know
Rx for Change: Waiting Room Activism
By: Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD ,Drug Companies, FDA Advocacy, Rx for Change, The Women's Health Activist Newsletter Deep Dive Articles“Even the scale I was weighed on had the name of a drug on it – a weight loss drug,” said my friend, after visiting her doctor. If it’s any consolation, the ad wasn’t directed at her.
Harmless Hormones? Bah, Humbug!
By: Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD ,Bioidentical Hormones, Gynecological Health, Hormone Therapy, Menopause Hormone Therapy, The Women's Health Activist Newsletter Deep Dive ArticlesDo you need your hormones 'balanced?' Some alternative doctors are promoting hormone cocktails to cure what ails you, and if you think nothing ails you, well, maybe that's just your haywire hormones talking.
Wild Yam Cream, Diosgenin, and Natural Progesterone: What Can They Really Do for You?
By: Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD ,Bone Health, Breast Health, Fibroids, Menopause, Progesterone, The Women's Health Activist Newsletter Deep Dive ArticlesAmidst the large and sometimes confusing variety of hormone replacement therapy options, “natural" hormones have been growing in both visibility and popularity. Creams containing wild yam extracts or natural progesterone, or oral natural progesterone preparations are emerging as the HRT...
Dr. Helen Rodriguez-Trias: A Warrior in the Struggle for Reproductive Rights
By: Kathryn Krase ,The Women's Health Activist Newsletter Deep Dive ArticlesAn interview with long-time NWHN board member Dr. Helen Rodriguez-Trias, M.D. on her work fighting against sterilization abuse.
Sterilization Abuse: The Policies Behind the Practice
By: Kathryn Krase ,The Women's Health Activist Newsletter Deep Dive ArticlesInstead of providing women with access to alternative forms of safe, legal, and reversible contraception, U.S. policy promoted the use of permanent sterilization. By 1968, women of childbearing age in Puerto Rico were more than ten times more likely to...
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