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Sarah Women's Health Report: let's talk about sex (baby)

After addressing the first point of the World Health Organization's (WHO) first ever women's health report yesterday; Women's Health Report: let's talk inequalities, today let's take a look at how very central sexuality and reproduction are to women's health. I mentioned
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Added by Sarah on November 21, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Sarah Women's Health Report: let's talk inequalities

As I have been reading the WHO’s first ever Women’s Health report, I have been surprised by the lack of surprise that I am actually experiencing. Reading through the five main points in the executive summary, while I am angered by the data and the response to the previous, I am honestly not surprised. Unfortunately, women are still considered inferior beings, whether here in the United States or across the globe in sub-Saharan Africa. For the next few days I’m going to try to address s… Continue

Added by Sarah on November 20, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Sarah Restricting embryo implantation - what do you think?

With the recent expulsion of Dr. Michael Kamrava from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the Reproductive Science Center of the San Francisco Bay Area (RSC) has embraced the revised embryo implantation guidelines. Due to the national attention Nadya Suleman received from her six implanted embryos (resulting in eight live births last winter), the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) has changed the recommended limit to the number of implanted embryos transferred dur
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Added by Sarah on November 20, 2009 at 6:30am — 1 Comment

Sarah Eating, drinking and overthinking - the connection of women's health coping methods

Young adults, because of their proximity to research opportunities (mostly at colleges and universities) have become study fodder more and more lately. One of the more recent studies done shows that in young women, alcohol abuse, obesity and depression are creating a "toxic triangle". Reuters' article Obesity,
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Added by Sarah on November 19, 2009 at 5:30am — 3 Comments

Sarah WEGO Health wonders: are birth control pills changing society?

"The birth control pill may have done more than just help liberate women, it may have also changed "the laws of attraction" between the sexes, according to a new study." ~MSNBC: The Pill makes women pick 'dad' over the 'cad'

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Added by Sarah on November 18, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Sarah Making light of a heavy subject - giggling over infertility

Infertility isn't normally something women are comfortable joking about. I recently started a discussion about the fact that my friend is infertile, what can I do? Besides the tips and tricks that have been suggested there, I thought I'd share something that might make those with infertility giggle a bit (and hopefully those without giggle too, because I sure did)! A sniglet is defined as "any word that doesn't appear in the dic… Continue

Added by Sarah on November 17, 2009 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

Sarah The infertile have feelings, too - infertility health activists speak out

While doing some research yesterday, I came across some new Health Activists I'd like to introduce you to.

PJ is a 30-something teacher who has been living with fertility treatments for almost two years now. Since December of 2007, Infertility on the Brain has chronicled PJ's daily struggles with infertility, both the ups and the downs - with her head held high an
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Added by Sarah on November 14, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Sarah How to deal with the stress of infertility treatments

Imagine you're a newlywed living with your husband, working forty hours a week (eighty, really, when you consider his job as part of your life, too). You come home, are exhausted, share the chores around the house and still things aren't always easy. You have a dog who requires a twice-daily walk, a cat who pees outside the litter box if you don't scoop at least once a day, and sometimes your mother-in-law stops by unannounced. On top of this, you live with migraines and your husband takes anti-… Continue

Added by Sarah on November 13, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Sarah Weird women's health news from WEGO Health

Every once in a while, my Google-fu fails a bit and I have to really search for something to share with ya'll. This time, I found quite a few somethings that I think at least one of you will get a kick out of, and hopefully we can start a conversation about

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Added by Sarah on November 12, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Sarah HIV - the number one killer of women?

Last week, some friends and I were discussing Secretary of State Hilary Clinton's 2012 Presidency election probability; one of the topics that came up because of this discussion was the unfair treatment of women, both globally and nationally. The men in the room were among the first to remark that they weren't surprised an African American man was elected President before a woman was; they both saw the disparity in how women are still treated. The conversation soon ran into t
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Added by Sarah on November 11, 2009 at 6:30am — 2 Comments

Sarah Women, obesity and the MS connection

While many moms never worry about the size of their children, mothers of obese kids now have another issue to begin worrying about. The latest issue of Neurology has provided results that show a woman's risk of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) may be more than doubled if she were obese in her teen years. Women'sHealth.gov issued an easy-to-read statement about the relationship:
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Added by Sarah on November 10, 2009 at 5:07pm — No Comments

Sarah Women, what could those symptoms really mean?

As you can probably imagine, I read a lot of women's health studies, a lot of news about women's health, and even more general health news. Within the past few weeks, I have noticed a pattern of articles that I'd like to attribute to me paying attention to the med
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Added by Sarah on November 4, 2009 at 8:30am — 2 Comments

Sarah Basics of fertility treatments: What are your questions?

With the fantastic addition of AmyK to our WEGO Health team, my Health Activism has been broadened with the addition of the WEGO Health Infertility community. I am excited to jump in as the community leader and learn about a condition I've not had a… Continue

Added by Sarah on November 2, 2009 at 7:23pm — 5 Comments

Sarah Women's heart attack symptoms - the same as mens?

I have a few questions for you:
1. Are you a woman?
2. Do you know the signs of a heart attack?
3. Did you know that the signs of a woman's heart attack can vary greatly from a man's?
4. Would you believe that the signs of a woman's heart attack can also be very similar to a man's?

Let's first take a look at the symptoms of a
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Added by Sarah on October 26, 2009 at 3:43pm — No Comments

Sarah Women, have you ever wanted to pee standing up?

My first introduction to a "female urination device" was after BlogHer '09 when my
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Added by Sarah on October 20, 2009 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

Sarah FDA approves Cevarix for HPV and cervical cancer prevention

Time to watch your TV for more HPV (Genital human papillomavirus) commercials, Gardasil now has competition! As of this Friday, GlaxoSmithKline's Cevarix vacci… Continue

Added by Sarah on October 17, 2009 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

Sarah Women's Health Alert: How to safely use cosmetics!

Most women I know have been putting on their makeup since junior high, and we've developed certain habits that help us speed up our routine, but are those short-cuts ultimately creating opportunity for harm? The government's Women's Health website encourages all make-up wearers to be the safest possible with their routines. Here are some of their tips.

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Added by Sarah on October 15, 2009 at 1:30pm — 4 Comments

Sarah Women's Health and Substance Abuse

With all the buzz about breast cancer this month, it might surprise you to know that addiction-related diseases kill four times as many American women. No, really; four times as many women die from addictions than from breast cancer. Unfortunately, there
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Added by Sarah on October 10, 2009 at 1:30am — No Comments

Sarah Economic Recession Changes Birth Control Methods

When one thinks of a financial depression, one can normally ascertain that birth rates will also recede; and since we've been in a "recession" for what experts estimate almost two years, birth rates have, once again, declined. Not only have the birth rates declined in recent years, a… Continue

Added by Sarah on October 7, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments

Sarah It's almost time to Feel Your Boobies!

The only time it’s appropriate to talk about your boobs at work is during the month of October. I am about to broach a sensitive (pun totally intended) subject and know that it’s perfectly okay for my work environment. Most of the time, feeling yourself up is not something that the average Jill encourages you to do, however, for the week of October 9th through the 16th, thanks to breast cancer awareness month, I am encouraging all of my fellow Health Activists to do just that… Continue

Added by Sarah on October 2, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

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