Work by Artist Kaucyila Brooke Censored at Bucharest Biennale
When Los Angeles-based artist Joanne Mitchell wrote to us with news of the removal of a gender-oriented work from the Bucharest International Biennale, … More
Monthly Archives: May 2010
Meet the New Inductees to the Women’s Health Heroes Hall of Fame
On April 1, Our Bodies Ourselves asked, "Who's your women's health hero?" Dozens of you responded enthusiastically, sending in essays and videos describing … More
CDC Releases Report on Trends in Out-of-Hospital Birth
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a new report, Trends and Characteristics of Home and Other Out-of-Hospital Births in the … More
OBOS’s Judy Norsigian on Health Care Reform at Salon
Our own Judy Norsigian - along with Ellen Shaffer of the Center for Policy Analysis - has a new piece up at Salon. … More
Plan Outline Released to Shape Public Health Approaches to Infertility
In 2007, the CDC formed a working group to coordinate public health-related infertility activities, and identified opportunities for improvement in public health activities … More
FDA Unveils Next Steps in Transparency Initiative, Public Comment Requested
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last year formed a task force to increase the agency's transparency to the public, with a goal … More
Quick Hit: Campaign To End Chronic Pain in Women Site Launched
Last week we noted that a new Campaign to End Chronic Pain In Women would be launching today, led by the Overlapping Conditions … More
President’s Cancer Panel Reports on Environmental Causes of Cancer
The President's Cancer Panel, created in 1971 to monitor the National Cancer Program, provides reports to each sitting President on the nation's cancer … More
Discussion on 50th Anniversary of the Pill
UPDATE: Interview got bumped for breaking news. It is scheduled to air Monday. Our Bodies Ourselves Executive Director Judy Norsigian will be on … More
“Less is More” Series Highlights Overused Medical Interventions
The prominent medical journal Archives of Internal Medicine has launched a new feature, "Less is More," intended to "highlight situations in which the … More