False or Misleading Claims: More Problems with AddyiBy Guest Contributor | January 4, 2021 by Marshall Miller and Dorian Solot The so-called "pink Viagra" drug Addyi (flibanserin) is in the news again. This time, Sprout Pharmaceuticals, the … More
Addressing Institutional Racism & Health Inequality: My PerspectiveBy 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
My Body, My Choice: Aesthetic Flat Closure after MastectomyBy 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
Women with Breast Implants Should Not Need to Wait for Safety Information They Urgently NeedBy 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
Free the Pill!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
The Very Early Perimenopause: What We Can Learn from Dr. Jerilynn Prior’s ResearchBy 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
Dirty Business: Lack of Menstrual Equity in Colombian PrisonsBy 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
Negocio Sucio: Falta de Equidad Menstrual en las Cárceles ColombianasBy 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
Congress Wants to Give Companies the Right to Own Our GenesBy 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
“Simone de Beauvoir alone would never have gotten me from intellect to action”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