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Weighing Your Options: Depo-Provera and HIV Risk!
By: Caila Brander Birth Control, Depo-Provera, HIV/AIDS, Injectable Contraception, World Health Organization (WHO) Deep Dive Articles, Press ReleasesIs Depo-Provera safe? According to the WHO, the answer just changed from “Absolutely!” to “Well, for most people, but not for all.” This is because studies have found a small but statistically significant correlation between using Depo-Provera and contracting HIV.
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.
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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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