Tag Archives: Women's Health

Breaking: Komen Foundation pulls breast cancer screening funds from Planned Parenthood

By Lori | Published: January 31, 2012
TweetWhat sad and disturbing news. From the Washington Post comes breaking news that will affect hundreds of thousands of dollars in women’s health funding: “The nation’s leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates — creating a bitter rift, linked to the abortion debate, between two [...]
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Apple’s Siri is suspiciously clueless about reproductive health

By Maya | Published: November 29, 2011
TweetIt seems the iPhone’s new interactive app Siri isn’t all that helpful when it comes to women’s health. Here are the answers that a commenter at the Abortioneers got to some pretty basic questions. Q: I am pregnant and do not want to be. Where can I go to get an abortion? “I’m really sorry [...]
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New video brings women’s stories of climate change to the forefront

By Lori | Published: October 25, 2011
Tweet As you may know, the world’s population is set to hit 7 billion on October 31st. As Miriam pointed out back in July, coverage of global issues related to population, health, and development can easily take on an alarmist tone, and often missing from the conversation are the voices of the people most affected. [...]
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Study: a quarter of women will experience chronic pain during sex

By Chloe | Published: September 22, 2011
TweetA new study out of the University of Michigan Medical School found that around 8% of women suffer from vulvodynia, a frustratingly mysterious condition whose symptoms include pain during sex. It’s estimated that 25% of women will have vulvodynia at some point in their lives. I’ve written about the condition in the past, and have [...]
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Dr. Bernadine P. Healy, women’s health advocate and first woman to head NIH, dies

By Chloe | Published: August 12, 2011
TweetA few days ago, the New York Times ran an extended obituary of Dr. Bernadine P. Healy, the first woman to helm the National Institutes of Health. Healy died of brain cancer last week, at the age of 67. Among her most notable achievements, the obit noted, one was often overlooked, and that was her [...]
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