Guest Contributor, Author at Our Bodies Ourselves

Addressing Institutional Racism & Health Inequality: My Perspective

By Guest Contributor | August 18, 2020

by Diana Namumbejja Abwoye Diana Namumbejja Abwoye is a family nurse practitioner and a member of the Board of Directors of Our Bodies … More

By Guest Contributor | July 21, 2020

by Kim Bowles In 2016, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy. After careful consideration and lots of research, … More

By Guest Contributor | July 1, 2020

by Rose Weitz and Diana Zuckerman Although breast implants have been sold since the 1960s, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first … More

By Guest Contributor | May 28, 2020

by Carrie Baker Sixty years ago this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the birth control pill for distribution in the … More

By Guest Contributor | November 25, 2019

by Nina Coslov In my early 40s, I started noticing changes in my body. A once great sleeper, I was now waking at … More

By Guest Contributor | October 25, 2019

By Charlie Ruth Castro Lee este post en español Let’s talk about menstruation – a natural and necessary process among women, but one … More

By Guest Contributor | October 25, 2019

By Charlie Ruth Castro Read this post in English Vamos a hablar de menstruación, el proceso más natural y necesario para la buena … More

By Guest Contributor | June 18, 2019

by Lori Andrews Six years ago, on June 13, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court in AMP v. Myriad took a great step forward … More

By Guest Contributor | June 13, 2019

Note from OBOS co-founder Judy Norsigian: After publication of my reflections piece in the June 2019 issue of the American Journal of Public … More

by Anna Forbes On April 23, Judge Michael McShane of Federal District Court in Oregon issued a preliminary injunction against a federal “gag … More