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Development Box: Honoring a Commitment to Women’s Health at Tax Time

By: NWHN Staff ,

In general, people with an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) and certain other types of retirement plans are required by law to withdraw a minimum amount from their account starting at age 70½ (the exact amount depends upon the type of plan). Donating all or a portion of this IRA distribution to a 501(c)3 organization can help minimize one’s tax payments, and do good at the same time.

Primary Dysmenorrhea — Menstrual “Cramps” — Matters!

By: Mary Lou Ballweg , , ,

It was Thanksgiving, late afternoon—I glanced out my window to see a woman on our new neighbor’s patio, bending over, clutching her abdomen, rocking back and forth. She was clearly in agony.

NWHN in Action – May/June 2017

By: Sarah Christopherson , , ,

What is the NWHN doing to fight for women’s rights? Read on to find out.

Rx for Change: The Real Cost of EpiPen Shots? Peanuts!

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

It’s probably not a coincidence that both FARE and AAN have received substantial financial support from EpiPen’s manufacturer. Since 2011, Mylan has provided more than $10 million to fund various “educational efforts” including donations to these two groups.

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What Can the Women’s Health Initiative Tell Us About How to Age Healthfully? (Part I)

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Low Fat Diet vs. Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know

Rx for Change: Waiting Room Activism

By: Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD ,, , , 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 ,, , , , Deep Dive Articles

Do 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 ,, , , , , Deep Dive Articles

Amidst 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 , Deep Dive Articles

An 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 , Deep Dive Articles

Instead 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...