Do We Need a New Women’s Movement?

Thursday, 3 December 2009, 8:14 | Category : Women's Health
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An article in Wednesday’s LA Times really has me pissed off. (I know . . . that’s really not a new emotional state of being for me, but bear with me.) In it, Barbara Ehrenriech (the author if Nickled and Dimed in America argues that we need a new women’s movement, and that [...]

New Women’s Health Guidelines Put Money Over Health Care

Monday, 23 November 2009, 8:14 | Category : Women's Health
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Last week a federal panel released new health care guidelines for women. According to the panel, annual mammograms are not recommended for women under the age of 50, and pap smears only need to be given every three years for sexually active women. When I heard the news on NPR, I was pretty [...]