Activists are lobbying for a bill to require insurance companies to pay for hospital stays after women receive mastectomies. Two-thirds of women go home within 24 hours of the surgery and doctors say sometimes extra care is needed.
Threats to Roe v. Wade are spurring a pro-choice voter-turnout push ahead of Super Tuesday and lobbying for the Freedom of Choice Act. Last week the Planned Parenthood Action Fund launched a $10 million campaign focused on the election.
Five reports released today probe the health crisis that afflicts black women and makes their infants more likely to die before their first birthday. Authors implicate racism and poverty in the high levels of infant mortality and premature births.
One in 12 children is in the care of a grandparent. A growing number of these caregivers are grandmothers, who are often struggling to meet the emotional and financial challenges of parenting later in life.
To help sexual assault survivors, Molly M. Ginty and others went skydiving last month with Operation Freefall. She got over her jitters and took the dive with a guide nicknamed Batman to raise money for crisis centers and express outrage at rape.
Hospital prenatal programs about environmental safety are mainly grassroots initiatives with independent funding. Advocates hope they will pioneer a more established place in mainstream prenatal practices.
A landmark study tied obesity to early breast development and another showed the average age of menstruation has dropped nearly a year in the past half century. Researchers say that early puberty among girls can indicate other problems to come.
A record number of female soldiers are returning wounded from Iraq and Afghanistan. In the wake of an unfolding health care scandal, military authorities are under fire to improve care for all soldiers and address the needs of servicewomen.
The U.S. Navy ceased bombing practice on Vieques, Puerto Rico, in May 2003, but female activists say the military left health troubles behind. They are leading a push for more research and compensation from the government.
After the FDA lifted a 14-year ban on silicone breast implants many women are weighing the devices’ potential side effects. Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro questions the FDA’s decision and plans congressional hearings later this year.
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