Everything To Know About The Abortion Pill By Rose Minutaglio Update, June 24, 2022: The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending our constitutional right to abortion. For more information about the ruling and how you can help, click here. For Nicole, taking the abortion pill was like getting through “an extremely painful poop.” It hurt—a lot—and then it was done.…
Menopause: A New Narrative For This Natural Stage of Life By Pallabi Munsi (CNN) Women are not a monolith, their experiences of menopause are not all negative, and this stage of life should not be medicalized, argue an international group of experts. In an analysis piece published in the British Medical Journal on Wednesday, obstetrician Martha Hickey of the Royal…
The International Condition of Mental Health Report urges mental health decision makers and advocates to step up commitment and action to change attitudes, actions and approaches to mental health, its determinants and mental health care. By WHO (World Health Organization) The World Health Organization today released its largest review of the condition of world mental health since the turn of…
Female Patients Half As Likely to Be Given This Life-Saving Drug By Deep Shukla Tranexamic acid is an approved drug that can prevent severe blood loss in patients with life-threatening physical injuries or trauma. A new study shows that female patients are about half as likely as males to receive tranexamic acid following a traumatic injury. These sex disparities also…
What to Know About Gender Bias in Healthcare By Zawn Villines Medically Reviewed By Francis Kuehnle, MSN, RN-BC Gender bias in healthcare is widespread. Patients, doctors, researchers, and administrators can all hold biased views about gender. These views affect how the healthcare system works and have a serious impact on health outcomes. Gender bias is a preference for one gender…
Q&A: Stephanie Faubion, MD, Talks Goals For Women’s Health Week By Kalie VanDewater Each year, National Women’s Health Week emphasizes how important it is for women to prioritize their health. According to the HHS Office on Women’s Health, this includes keeping up with routine and other health appointments — which was often not possible with restrictions imposed during the COVID-19…
Women’s Care Center Focuses On Culturally Competent Healthcare By Marilyn Parker JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Providing culturally competent quality healthcare to all – that’s the goal of Life Tree Women Care, a clinic that just opened this week on Jacksonville’s westside. The founders are husband and wife and they’ve been working towards this for more than 20 years. They say it’s…
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These 7 Female Leaders Are Bringing Inclusivity and Accessibility To Healthcare By Marija Butkovic World Bank and WHO have agreed that half the world still lacks access to essential health services, while 100 million people are being pushed into extreme poverty because of health expenses. A study has found that “although the quantity rather than the quality of health services has been the focus historically…
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