WOMEN'S HEALTH

Antibiotic Use Linked To Cognitive Decline In Women

MEDICAL XPRESS – A team of researchers from Massachusetts has found a link between the use of antibiotics by middle-aged women and cognitive decline later in life. The group has published a paper describing their work on the open-access site PLOS ONE. Prior research has suggested that there is a connection between gut microbiome health and mental health—communication between the gut and the central nervous system has been labeled the gut-brain axis. And some studies have...

Utah Bans Transgender Athletes In Girls Sports

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers voted Friday to override GOP Gov. Spencer Cox's veto of legislation banning transgender youth athletes from playing on girls teams — a move that comes amid a nationwide culture war over transgender issues. Before the veto, the ban received support from a majority of Utah lawmakers, but fell short of the two-thirds needed to override it. Its sponsors on Friday successfully flipped 10 Republicans in the House and...

My Daughter Is Having Sex With Her Best Friend. Must I Tell Her Mom?

“It’s OK because there are no penises involved” ... true? My daughter is in a newly romantic relationship with her best friend, who is also female. Both are in their midteens. My daughter recently confided in me that they have had sex. She insists, however, that I am not allowed to tell the friend’s mother, because the mother wouldn’t let them have sleepovers or hang out as much. My ex-husband is the one who hosts...

COVID-19 Vaccines And Infertility: Misinformation Persists

Misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines and fertility has propagated online despite the vaccines’ clear safety profile.

Girl Scouts Harassed Over Abortion, “Unhealthy” Cookies

INSIDER.COM | Lela Moore Feb 24, 2022 Girl Scout cookie season is upon us, and young saleswomen in uniform are everywhere: holding court in office boardrooms for an afternoon, manning booths outside the local grocery store, or posting cheery video messages on social media, offering door-to-door shipping. You may even have a Girl Scout under your own roof, filling your garage with cases of the chocolatey, caramelly, peanut-buttery goods. But Girl Scouts, and the women who lead...

Breast Exam False Positives Scar Women For Life

STAT NEWS – Detecting cancer early in a mammogram can be life-saving. But paradoxically, breast cancer screening also sometimes picks up tumors that would have caused less harm if they’d remained hidden. These cases, known as “overdiagnoses,” may never go on to pose a threat to a patient’s health for a number of different reasons. A new study, published Monday in Annals of Internal Medicine, suggests they occur in 1 of 7 breast cancer cases detected...

State Constitutions Vex Conservatives’ Strategies for a Post-Roe World

KAISER HEALTH NEWS – Republican lawmakers in a handful of conservative states have stumbled on a roadblock to what they thought would be a clear path to setting new restrictions on abortion if the Supreme Court upends the landmark Roe v. Wade decision: right-to-privacy protections enshrined in their own state constitutions. In states where courts have ruled that their constitutions’ explicit privacy rights extend to the right of a woman to have an abortion, the...

UCLA Settles Gynecologist Case For $100+M

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of California has agreed to pay more than $100 million to settle allegations that several hundred women were sexually abused by a former UCLA gynecologist, lawyers announced. The settlement was announced Monday by some of the attorneys representing 203 women who said they were groped or otherwise abused by Dr. James Heaps over a 35-year career. Details weren't released. The suit said that the university ignored decades of complaints and...

Every Bar Needs This Item In The Ladies Room

When a patron orders an Angel Shot, they’re covertly letting their bartender or server know that they’re either on a date that’s not working out, or they don’t feel safe because of another guest’s behavior.

Medical Students Perform Unnecessary Pelvic Exams on Unconscious Women — Without Their Consent

HEALTHY WOMEN – When patients go to the hospital, they expect to receive medical attention — not to be subjected to nonconsensual examinations. In 2007, Ashley Weitz, a 37-year-old mother in Utah, went to the emergency room seeking treatment for nausea and vomiting. Weitz was sedated with promethazine to stop the vomiting. Approximately 45 minutes later, she woke up horrified to discover that her feet were in stirrups, her underwear had been removed, and the...

Legislators Duke It Out Over Sharia Law Vs. Constitution

(CNN) Chaos erupted in Jordan's Parliament on Tuesday, with lawmakers throwing punches at each other after a discussion on a constitutional amendment that would afford greater rights to women got heated. Video of the event shows a handful of lawmakers in a physical altercation, fighting and hurling threats and insults at each other. Even the speaker of Parliament resorted to angry outbursts to manage the commotion. The fight broke out between lawmakers after insults were exchanged...

Advocates Seek OTC Contraceptives

Two drugmakers have been mired for years in the pre-application phase of getting F.D.A. approval for over-the-counter use.

EXPLAINER: What’s going on with Maxwell’s sex abuse trial?

The prosecution has made its case against Ghislaine Maxwell. Starting Thursday, her defense team takes its turn.

New Miss Universe: Another Underweight Diva

HEADLINE HEALTH – Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu was crowned the new Miss Universe on Sunday night. Photos of Ms. Sandhu raised immediate questions about her health and the possibility of anorexia or other eating disorder. The 34-26-34 beauty queen stands 5′ 9-1/2″ tall, while her weight has been reported as 50 kilograms, or 110 pounds. According a chart published by the National Institutes of Health, this places Ms. Sandhu 18 pounds below the minimum value for the normal...

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