Womens Health

Top 10 Women's Health Stories Of The Decade: Nothing Replaces A Woman's Wisdom

Christiane Northrup, MD | Posted 12.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Iodine, Premarin, Mammography, Women's Wisdom, Vitamin D, Menopause, Fish Oil, Provera, Pregnancy, Breast Cancer, Hormones, C-Section, Wellness, Progesterone, Dr. Northrup, Women's Health, Health, Stem Cells, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Living News
Christiane Northrup, MD

Technology has its place, but it doesn't replace a woman's wisdom. Here are some key stories from the last 10 years that highlight the innate wisdom and intelligence of a woman's body.

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Laboring Under An Illusion: Mass Media Childbirth vs. The Real Thing

Amie Newman | Posted 12.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Birth, Birthers, Women, Entertainment, Reproductive Rights, Natural Childbirth, Media Criticism, Women's Health, RH Reality Check, Media, Parenting, Mass Media, Childbirth, Health, Living News
Amie Newman

Elson has been working with pregnant women for many years; her answers to my questions and her perspective seem wonderfully balanced, rooted in a concern for what is best for women.

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Gutted Health Care Bill Ignores This Nation's Best Opportunity for Reform

Judy Patrick | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, Immigrant, Insurance Companies, Healthcare Reform, Women's Health, Healthcare, Politics News
Judy Patrick

What does it say about our society when government requires us to purchase health insurance and fines us for not doing so yet provides no support to make this possible?

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Poor Women in California Can Expect a Lump of Coal From the Government This Holiday Season

Pedro Nava | Posted 12.18.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Legislative Women's Caucus, Women's Issues, Breast Cancer Screenings, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Every Women Counts Program, Obama Administration, Breast Cancer, California Legislature, Breast Cancer Awareness, California, Governor Schwarzenegger, Cancer Registry, Women and Politics, Women's Health, US Preventive Services Task Force, Breast Cancer Prevention, Healthcare, California Department of Public Health, Los Angeles News
Pedro Nava

Schwarzenegger and the California Department of Public Health have embraced the holiday season with a new set of proposed rules that will abandon low-income women.

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The Top 5 Dating And Relationship Tips For Women

Laura Trice | Posted 12.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Dr. Katherine Woodward Thomas, Dr. Pat Allen, Marriage, Women's Health, Dating Advice, Dating, Relationships, Living News
Laura Trice

You need to have all your non-negotiables met before taking either of those steps or you will feel crazy and off balance. A woman needs to feel completely comfortable with her guy because he may never change.

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When Menstruation Means Inequality

Halle Tecco | Posted 12.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Rwanda, Women, Developing World, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Health, Africa, Non-Profits, Sustainability, Living News
Halle Tecco

For millions of women in the developing world, menstruation is a nightmare. With a dearth of feminine product options, women turn to rags, mud, and even tree bark to physically conceal the situation.

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Worried About Health Care? Milton Friedman Hot Chocolate!

Merrill Markoe | Posted 12.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Insurance, Obama Health Care, Women's Health, Health Food, Nestles, Living News
Merrill Markoe

Hats off to Nestles. Somehow they managed to get sugar, corn syrup and hydrogenated oil reclassified as a woman's health food! I've been waiting for this moment my whole life!

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Birth Control, Water, And Women

Susan Kim | Posted 12.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Environment, The Pill, Menstruation, Women's Health, Susan Kim, Women, Health, Water, Public Health, Contraception, Water Supply, Condoms, Living News
Susan Kim

Thanks in large part to a decade of nearly nonexistent enforcement, tens of millions of men, women and children now routinely drink, bathe in and cook with tap water laced with illegal levels of contaminants.

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Health Reform Is No Place for an Abortion Fight

Rep. Lois Capps | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Capps Amendment, Abortion, Women's Rights, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Abortion Rights, Rep. Lois Capps, Stupak Amendment, Health Care Reform, Rep.Bart Stupak, Health Care, Politics News
Rep. Lois Capps

The Stupak-Pitts amendment that replaced my amendment goes well beyond the status quo. It would result in a major step backwards for women's control over their reproductive lives.

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New Guidelines For Mammography : A Reason For Celebration

Dr. Erika Schwartz | Posted 12.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Mammograms, Breast Cancer, Biopsy, Mammography, Women's Health, Prevention, Health, Living News
Dr. Erika Schwartz

As a practicing physician and opinion leader in the prevention movement, I welcome the mammography guidelines and would like to share with you my personal and clinical understanding of their meaning.

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News, Emotion And Reasons For Mammography

Dr. Elaine Schattner | Posted 12.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Emotions, Preventive Medicine, Mammography, Cancer Prevention, Women's Health, Breast Cancer Survival, Breast Cancer, Breast-Cancer-Statistics, Health, Living News
Dr. Elaine Schattner

I'm skeptical of the task force findings on mammography as practiced in 2009. I'm concerned, further, that this new soft thread in the discussion is dangerous, leaving sensible women defenseless.

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ACS Chief Sends Mixed Messages On Mammography

John McDougall, M.D. | Posted 12.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Mammography, Breast Cancer, Health, Menopause, Women's Health, Cancer, Mammogram, Health Care, Wellness, Living News
John McDougall, M.D.

Dr. Otis Brawley of the ACS voiced strong support for annual mammography for women 40 and above in an Op-Ed piece published November 20, 2009 -- a position that contradicts previous statements.

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Breast-Feeding May Protect Moms' Health

usatoday.com | Posted 12.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Preventive Medicine, Healthy Lifestyle, Children, Health, Milk, Breast Milk, Breast Feeding, Women's Health, Pregnancy, Heart Disease, Parenting, Babies, Wellness, Living News

Breast-feeding may offer mothers long-term protection against a condition linked to diabetes and heart disease, researchers report today....

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A Day of Action!

Cecile Richards | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Women's Health, Abortion, Stupak Amendment, Planned Parenthood, Politics News
Cecile Richards

Representative Stupak was hoping to ban abortion with his backward amendment. Instead, he's rejuvenated the pro-women movement.

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Onward and Upward - Girls' Issues Make an Impact at TEDIndia and in Ethiopia

Maria Eitel | Posted 12.03.2009 | World

Read More: Ted, Girl's Health, Global Health, Girls, Tedindia, Global Economy, Women's Health, Womane, World News
Maria Eitel

TEDIndia was further proof that girls are clearly getting on governments' and organizations' agendas.

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Senate Health-Care Bill On Breast Feeding

WSJ | Jacob Goldstein | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Workforce, Breastfeeding, Women's Health, Senate Health Care Bill, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Living News

Here's a detail in the Senate health-care bill we hadn't noticed until now: Employers would be required to give nursing mothers "a reasonable break ti...

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"The Other City" -- The Story of AIDS in Washington and AIDS in America

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Obama White House, Michelle Obama, Valerie Jarrett, Women's Health, Washington, Washington D.C., Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, World AIDS Day, Politics News
Jose Antonio Vargas

As we mark World AIDS Day, here are facts about Washington, D.C., home to the first African Americans in the White House: At least 3 percent of the city's population is HIV-positive. A little more than 7 percent of all residents age 40 to 49 carry the virus. For the record, President Barack Obama is 48 and First Lady Michelle Obama is 45.

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When Women Hate Their Bodies Men Suffer Too

Susan Harrow | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress Eating, Self-Help, Lose Weight, Living News, Women and Body Image, Healthy Eating, Healthy Body, Mindful Eating, Eating Disorders, Health, Anorexia, Diet, Confidence, Wellness, Bulimia, Yoga, Self-Esteem, Women, Women's Health, Weight Loss, Body Image, Fitness, Models, Forget Perfect, Comfort Eating, Women's Issues, Obesity, Self-Improvement, Perfectionism, Weight Gain, The Balanced Life, Living News
Susan Harrow

When you start to change the internal dialog the external reality changes and a new, more positive shift in experience happens.

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Stop Worrying, It May Cost You Your Mammogram!

Rebecca Booth, MD | Posted 11.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Mammograms, Breast Cancer, Cancer Prevention, United-States-Preventive-Services-Task-Force, Women's Health, Health, Living News
Rebecca Booth, MD

Now we may have to say to patients, stop checking your breasts or you may begin to suffer from the current epidemic syndrome: "Breast Cancer Worry."

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Health Care And Healthy Moms

Linda Tarr-Whelan | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Women's Rights, Women's Leadership, Women in Business, Women's Health, Health Care, Living News
Linda Tarr-Whelan

Having just researched for my new book what different decisions emerge when 30 percent women are at the table, I cant help but wonder what would happen if Congress were made up of 30 percent women.

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Hormone Therapy: Synthetic Progestins Are Not The Same As Progesterone

Christiane Northrup, MD | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Todd Tiahrt, Breast Cancer, Hormones, Progesterone, Women's Health, Christiane Northrup, Hormone Therapy, Progestins, Health, Living News
Christiane Northrup, MD

Synthetic progestins are not the same as progesterone, and reporting on them as if they confer the same risks and benefits is absurd.

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The Cancer Vixen Mission: No Breast Left Behind

Marisa Acocella Marchetto | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care, Breast Cancer, Women's Health, Health, Mammograms, Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Mammogram Guidelines, Breast Cancer Awareness, Living News
Marisa Acocella Marchetto

If you don't test yourself until you're 50 - then you risk receiving a later diagnosis, which could lead to death. To be blunt: it could kill you.

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Mammography: A Not-So-Fatalistic View

Dr. Elaine Schattner | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Mammography, Breast Cancer, Health, Women's Health, Mammograms, Cancer, Elaine Schattner, Mammogram, Wellness, Living News
Dr. Elaine Schattner

In my view, the press is getting and giving the wrong message on mammography. There are significant flaws in recent analyses that have escaped most headlines.

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What You Don't Know About Osteoporosis -- Part 3

Joseph Sciabbarrasi, M.D. | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Osteoporisis, Bones, Women's Health, Health, Bone Health, Vitamin D, Calcium, Cancer, Obesity, Wellness, Living News
Joseph Sciabbarrasi, M.D.

In this, our final segment on Osteoporosis, let's take a closer look at some of the myths and legends of the effects of eating meat, minerals and proteins and quaffing a pint or two.

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Stupak-Pitts Goes Beyond Status Quo

Rep. Lois Capps | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Capps Amendment, Women's Rights, Lois Capps, Women's Health, Abortion Rights, Stupak Amendment, Health Care Reform, Women and Politics, Stupak Abortion Amendment, Politics News
Rep. Lois Capps

We must not allow abortion opponents to use our health care reform process to drastically restrict a woman's access to a legal medical procedure, and that's exactly what the Stupak amendment does.

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