What Do We Know About Low Doses of Chemicals and Our Health?
Researchers from a number of universities and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences recently published an article in the journal Endocrine Reviews … More
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Invasive Strip Searches Halted at Michigan Women’s Prison
[Note: this post and the linked materials contain graphic discussion of sexual abuse, rape, and prison genital searches.] A Michigan women's prison that … More
Sign on to Support Native American Women’s Access to Emergency Contraception
Native American women are subjected to much higher levels of sexual violence than other women in the United States; the Department of Justice … More
DES Action Collecting Information on Health Issues in People Exposed to DES
DES Action, an organization that provides information, education, and support related to DES exposure, is conducting a health history survey to learn more … More
Breastfeeding in African American Communities
Shafia Monroe of the International Center for Traditional Childbearing was recently interviewed for a nice piece in The Skanner on the topic of … More
Health Benefits: What Women Won, and May Lose, in the Supreme Court’s Dark, Dark, Place
President Obama on Monday said he was "confident" the Supreme Court will uphold the Affordable Care Act, adding that overturning it would be … More
“Pervasive” Problems in Studies Linking Abortion to Mental Health Issues
Earlier this month, an editor-in-chief of the Journal of Psychiatric Research, along with a co-author, published a commentary critical of a 2009 article … More
Día Nacional de Concientización sobre el VIH y SIDA en las Mujeres y Niñas Conecta la Violencia contra la Mujer y las Disparidades en la Salud
Escrito por Christine C. Traducido del orginial en inglés March 13, 2012. OBOS has received funding to make blog entries available in … More