WOMEN'S HEALTH

WHO Sex Abuse Is Now An International Incident

British, European and American diplomats and donors have voiced serious concerns about how the World Health Organization handled sex abuse allegations involving its own staff during an outbreak of Ebola in Congo, as reported this week by The Associated Press and Headline Health.

Is Vaccine Disrupting Women’s Periods?

From heavy flow to even bleeding during menopause - women say they're experiencing different cycles after getting vaccinated.

WHO Covered Up Sex Abuse of African Nurses: Report

A WHO staffer and three Ebola experts working in Congo during the outbreak separately told management about general sex abuse concerns around Diallo, The Associated Press has learned. They said they were told not to take the matter further.

Beauty Of Mastectomy Tattoos Revealed

"I realized I had been avoiding looking at myself in the mirror. I was averting my eyes from my chest and my scar. I didn't realize this was an issue until I stopped doing it. Suddenly I had this beautiful piece of art. I stopped looking away."

Young Adults Rejecting Vaccine Fears

Medscape Medical News – Although vaccination rates against the human papillomavirus (HPV) remain low for young adults across the United States, the number of self-reported HPV vaccinations among women and men between the ages of 18 and 21 years has markedly increased since 2010, according to new research findings. The findings were published online April 27 as a research letter in JAMA. In 2006, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the HPV vaccine for the...

‘Gender Reveal’ Stunts Keep Killing People

Already this year the gender reveal trend has claimed three lives. In February, an expectant father in New York was killed, and his brother seriously injured, when a device they were building for a gender reveal exploded.

FDA Approves Mail-Order Abortions

Women seeking an abortion pill will not be required to visit a doctor's office or clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. health officials said Tuesday in the latest reversal in an ongoing legal battle over the medication.

HPV Infections Are Plummeting Due to Widespread Vaccination

HealthDay News – Fifteen years of widespread vaccination of U.S. children with the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is reaping big rewards: A more than 80% drop in new infections has been seen in women and girls under the age of 25. That could mean an equally big drop to come in a host of dangerous conditions that are linked to HPV infection, including cancers of the cervix, anogenital area and mouth/throat, as well as anogenital...

‘Racist’ Spa Shooter Is A Known Sex Addict

PLUS: Stigmas on race, gender and sex overlap in Atlanta slayings USA TODAY – Robert Aaron Long, the 21-year-old suspect charged with eight counts of murder after three shootings Tuesday at Atlanta-area spas, had been in rehab for sex addiction and was wracked with guilt about his sexual urges, according to two people who lived with him in transitional housing. Long allegedly shot and killed eight people – six women and two men – at three...

Alcoholic Liver Disease ‘Off The Charts’

NPR SHOTS – For many years, Jessica Duenas led what she calls a double life. She was the first in her immigrant family to go to college. In 2019, she won Kentucky's Teacher of the Year award. That same year, Duenas typically downed nearly a liter of liquor every night. By the time she was 34, she was diagnosed with alcoholic hepatitis, a serious inflammation of her liver that doctors warned could could soon lead...

Jeanine Pirro Slams Harris For Silence On Cuomo Accusations

MSN Fox News’s Jeanine Pirro slammed Vice President Kamala Harris as a “mealy-mouthed politician” for not speaking up about the seven women who have accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual misconduct. Pirro said during the “closing statement” portion of her show Saturday evening: “Finally, tonight, she is a fraud, a phony, a woman without a moral core, a regular two-faced, mealy-mouthed politician who swings with the wind. A real role model, ain’t she?” After showing various news...

Michelle Obama Reveals Depression Over George Floyd Death, Trump Presidency

THE HILL – Former first lady Michelle Obama recently opened up about her struggle with what she described as “low-grade depression” during the challenging events of 2020. Last year brought an unprecedented global pandemic, a nationwide reckoning with racial injustice and police brutality, as well as a tense presidential election. In an interview with People magazine, Obama said she now recognizes she needed to allow herself space to process everything. She told the magazine: “We had the...

One Food Lowers A Woman’s Alzheimer’s Risk

“Current dietary guidelines mainly focus on the total amount of protein, and our findings show that there may be different health influences associated with different types of protein foods.”

Judi Dench, 86, Compensates Flawlessly For Her Sad Disability

YAHOO! NEWS – Judi Dench opened up in a conversation benefiting the Vision Foundation about continuing her acting career while coping with deteriorating eyesight. Dench told the audience she remains a working actress by relying on close friends to help her memorize new scripts through the repetition of reading them aloud to her. Dench said: “You find a way of just getting about and getting over the things that you find very difficult.” “I’ve had to find another way...

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