June 15th, 2009
As Congress begins to consider what actions it will take to re-structure the ailing U.S. healthcare system, one critical issue that must be addressed is the structural inequity in the current system and the disproportionate impact that has on women’s lives and well-being.
As Judy Norsigian, Executive Director of Our Bodies Ourselves and Dr. Jennifer Potter, […]
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June 4th, 2009
We are just speechless. From The Shooting Gallery via our good friends at Buzzflash:
Smith & Wesson Corp., announced today that the company has made its first quarterly donation to the Massachusetts Affiliation of Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization through proceeds collected from the sale of the M&P9 JG pistol. The funds donated will […]
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May 30th, 2009
Remember the study of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) a few years ago that was halted when researchers found that it caused an increased number of breast cancers? Turns out that wasn’t the only cancer impacted by HRT. Researchers following participants in the study have found lung cancer is more deadly for women who /took HRT.
There’s […]
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May 27th, 2009
Last year, Chevron had its most profitable year ever, but that profit comes at a horrendous cost to the environment and to people throughout the world, according to a report by The True Cost Of Chevron. In Ecuador for instance,
For over three decades, Chevron chose profit over people.
While drilling in the Ecuadorian Amazon from 1964 […]
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May 14th, 2009
While most of us of know that women with the BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 gene mutations are at increased risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer, what you might not be aware of is that the patent for the BRCA 1 and BRCA2 genes are held by a company called Myriad Genetics. Yes that […]
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May 14th, 2009
While we’re on the topic of women and the cost of healthcare, Rachel Walden at Our Bodies Our Blog points to the more than 50% cesarean delivery rate in Miami-Dade County in Florida (at one hospital the rate was over 70%) and a report that says the overall rate in the U.S. is now a […]
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May 13th, 2009
Despite the billions of dollars they have spent trying to protect their turf, it has finally dawned on the health insurance industry that some kind change in the way we pay for medical needs is likely. How else to explain the Hail Mary magnanimous gesture of offering to quit charging women more than men for […]
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May 7th, 2009
Now that we have apparently survived Swine Flu, maybe, possibly, we could turn our attention to existing and very curable pandemics…This year on Mother’s Day, please take time not only to honor your own Mother, but also the more than 500,000 women who lose their lives every year to maternal morbidity. According to […]
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April 28th, 2009
“What do sick pigs have to do with widespread, taxpayer-funded abortion?” This is the question being asked by Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, who is convinced that the potential for a pandemic is being used to force the confirmation of “pro-abortion extremist Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D-Kans.) as Secretary of Health and Human Services.”
Really, it’s […]
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April 9th, 2009
I recently had the opportunity at the Women Action and the Media (WAM) conference to attend a preview of the extraordinary film, Not Yet Rain, by filmmaker Lisa Russell in association with IPAS. The movie,
Explores abortion in Ethiopia through the voices of women who have faced the challenge of finding safe care. Through their […]
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