False or Misleading Claims: More Problems with Addyi
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
Blog Posts: Guest Contributor
Addressing Institutional Racism & Health Inequality: My Perspective
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 Mastectomy
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 Need
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 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 Research
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 Prisons
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 Colombianas
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 Genes
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”
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