Health Alerts For Women

Read about Barbara Seaman, founder of the National Women’s Health Network and author of The Doctor’s Case Against the Pill.  In “The pill: 50 years of birth control changed women’s lives”, USA Today, […] Read More

“Addressing these issues also means challenging the peculiar brand of American capitalist individualism that continually shifts the burden for economic, social and environmental breakdown from powerful corporations and […] Read More

Good history of the Pill and how it has helped – and hurt – women. Read article…  

While Gorney, in her article, “The Estrogen Dilemma”‘ acknowledges that women are confronted with a health dilemma when faced with the decision about taking hormones at menopause because of the link to […] Read More

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Loretta Ross, SisterSong’s national coordinator, comments on the attack on black women:  “They tell African American women that we are now responsible for the genocide of our own […] Read More

April 22, 2010. Today, women in the women’s movement and people of the civil rights movement mourn the passing of a great leader, Dorothy I. Height.  She was […] Read More

The first time I saw my own cervix was at the Chico Feminist Women’s Health Center in 1975 (now Women’s Health Specialists). A health worker in the clinic demonstrated on […] Read More

Access to abortion services will be continuously under debate about how the logistics of the reform will take place, and the effects of banning coverage for abortion under the Stupak […] Read More

Welcome to the Women’s Health Alerts and News Blog. Women’s Health Specialists is dedicated to providing women with information and options so that they can make the most […] Read More

On April 13, 2010, the Governor of Nebraska signed an anti-abortion law that will take effect in October. The law makes it illegal to perform abortions after 20 weeks gestation, […] Read More

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The ads wrongly suggest the pills are approved for relieving premenstrual syndrome, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a letter dated October 3, 2008. The ads also minimize […] Read More

Rebecca Chalker’s article, “The ‘Perfect’ Porn Vulva: More Women Demanding Cosmetic Genital Surgery” was recently published in August. It is available to read on AlterNet, and exposes the increase in cosmetic genital surgeries among […] Read More

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I was also 18, and was trying to figure out what I wanted to do in life. At that time, having a child was not something I was ready to […] Read More

This amendment would have permanently banned federally funded abortion, and eliminated abortion coverage from most privately funded health plans — institutionalizing discrimination against women, and further restricting access […] Read More

Read Breast Cancer Action’s fact sheet on breast cancer screening. Click here to read about the National Women’s Health Nework’s response.

Link to ACOG Announcement  about New Pap Smear Guidelines and Cancer Screening Guidelines.

All of my menstrual extractions were positive experiences without noticeable physical side effects. Also, the fact that we used such a small sized cannula (4mm-5mm) meant that we […] Read More