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Raising Women’s Voices Roundup

By Kalena Murphy | Mar 15, 2021 | Comments Off on Raising Women’s Voices Roundup

Raising Women’s Voices (RWV) has a special mission to engage women who are not often invited into health policy discussions, including women of color; low-income women; immigrant women; young women; women with disabilities; and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and intersex (LGBTQI) community.

Rx for Change: Protect yourself (and your family) from medication overload

By NWHN Staff | Mar 15, 2021 | Comments Off on Rx for Change: Protect yourself (and your family) from medication overload

Many patients benefit from taking multiple drugs, and taking several medications may be necessary for people with more than one chronic disease. However, the growing use of multiple medications puts millions of people over the age of 65 at risk for medication overload, which refers to theharm caused by too many medications.

NWHN in Action March/April 2021

By Sarah Christopherson | Mar 15, 2021 | Comments Off on NWHN in Action March/April 2021

With the NWHN’s assistance, Raising Women’s Voices’ (RWV) regional coordinators (RCs) worked hard to educate and mobilize health care voters in 2020. Our RCs in Colorado, Texas, Louisiana, Montana, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and Mississippi received extra support through RWV to help pivot their previous voter engagement tactics to virtual methods in order ensure the safety of their staff and community members in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

When to Talk to Your Provider About the Relationship between Long COVID and ME/CFS

By NWHN Staff | Mar 15, 2021 | Comments Off on When to Talk to Your Provider About the Relationship between Long COVID and ME/CFS

The widespread nature of extended post-COVID-19 symptoms has led to the use of a new term, “long COVID-19.”

Cosmetic Legislation Must Proceed

By M. Isabelle Chaudry | Mar 15, 2021 | Comments Off on Cosmetic Legislation Must Proceed

Most people assume that cosmetics and other personal care products that are marketed and sold in the U.S. are safe and are regulated by the FDA. In fact, the federal Cosmetics Act—last updated in 1938—does not prohibit manufacturers from using dangerous ingredients in their products.