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Better Treatment Sought for Domestic Violence Epidemic

By Suzanne Batchelor ● Health & Science ● April 15, 2003

Mandatory reporting of domestic violence injuries puts Colorado doctors in conflict with their patients’ safety and privacy rights, a new survey indicates. A better public-health prescription, say advocates, is routine screening.

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More Women Choosing C-Sections, Despite Risks

By Katrina Woznicki ● Health & Science ● March 24, 2003

Women and health care providers are increasingly choosing Caesarean sections instead of vaginal birth in order to avoid labor pain and to schedule delivery at a convenient time. Ignored, are the higher risks and the longer recovery time.

Elderly Women Will Bear Brunt of Medicaid Cuts

By Rebecca Vesely ● Health & Science ● March 21, 2003

Women–who live longer and are usually poorer in old age–will suffer the most as a result of drastic cuts to state and federal health care programs for the elderly and disabled.

Female Sexual Dysfunction Diagnosis Questioned

By Suzanne Batchelor ● Arts & Culture ● March 20, 2003

Some women who suffer from Female Sexual Dysfunction are clearly being helped by medical treatment. Yet some doctors and health advocates say drug makers have turned normal female sexual experiences into a medical diagnosis.

Lesbians Face Unique Set of AIDS Risks

By Chris Lombardi ● Arts & Culture ● March 13, 2003

Two new studies shed partial light on the obscured image of lesbians with AIDS. In order to meet these women’s needs, clinicians and scientists may have to redefine the word “lesbian.”

Abuse of Elderly Women on the Rise

By Kate Thompson ● Crime & Law ● February 16, 2003

Women–who outlive men and are more vulnerable to sexual assault and domestic violence–are increasingly victims of elder abuse and neglect.

Survey Indicates Flaws in Women’s Heart Care

By Jill Filipovic ● Arts & Culture ● February 13, 2003

Women heart patients are overwhelmingly dissatisfied with the care they get from their doctors. One big problem: Physicians aren’t educated enough about what heart disease does to women.

Catholic Hospitals Refuse Patients Contraception

By Megan Cooley ● Health & Science ● February 4, 2003

A recent survey found that the majority of Catholic hospitals said they would not give women emergency contraception, even those who have been raped. In some states, such actions would mean those hospitals are breaking the law.

Bush’s Anti-Choice Policies Felt Around World

By Asjylyn Loder ● Health & Science ● January 20, 2003

Restricting the right to abortion in developing nations is a major foreign policy initiative of the Bush administration; it appeases anti-choice constituents without offending more moderate conservatives. Second of four-part Roe v. Wade series.

Lesbian, Single-Mother Families Still Face Hurdles

By Shauna Curphey ● Arts & Culture ● January 14, 2003

Single women and lesbians who want to become parents and form families still face significant social, financial and legal hurdles. Adoption laws, insurance exceptions and expensive procedures make achieving pregnancy exceptionally difficult.