As if the threat of violence and divisive politics weren't enough, getting trained is almost impossible
By Kate Harding Jun 15, 2009
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Loosened guidelines on breast and cervical cancer screenings spark fears -- some unfounded
By Tracy Clark-Flory
November 20, 2009
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The drug Lybrel promises to free women from their monthly curse. But today it's a sales pitch that seems hopelessly outdated.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
February 4, 2008
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By upholding the ban on "partial-birth" abortion, the Supreme Court has injected rigid Catholic teaching into law. That's a crime against the Constitution and women.
By Frances Kissling
May 11, 2007
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The Family Research Council wants to block a vaccine that may prevent human papillomavirus (HPV), the STD thought to cause around 70 percent of cervical cancer cases.
By Rebecca Traister
May 5, 2005
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A proposed Tennessee law may hurt the drug-addicted pregnant women it's intended to help.
By Nancy Goldstein
February 25, 2009
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A New Age doctor blames hypothyroidism on women's behavior.
By Carol Lloyd
October 25, 2007
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But conservatives are still fighting comprehensive sex ed, family planning and access to contraceptives.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
June 8, 2007
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But we also need to know more about the embryos they come from.
By Lynn Harris
June 6, 2007
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Also, bad news for lefty ladies.
By Carol Lloyd
May 4, 2007
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Jane Magazine rounds up photos of 23 topless women to "show the world that we're all perfect."
By Tracy Clark-Flory
April 18, 2007
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Is this the beginning of the end for the Office of Women's Health?
By Catherine Price
February 27, 2007
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A new model for assessing women's risk of heart attacks.
By Carol Lloyd
February 15, 2007
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And ideally, more women's mags will expose their good writing on their Web sites.
By Lynn Harris
April 5, 2006
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New evidence suggests that oral contraceptives may squash women's sex drive.
By Lori Leibovich
January 10, 2006
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The right has moved its war on abortion from the clinic to the pharmacy, where it now seeks to cripple the sale of contraceptives.
By Gretchen Cook
April 27, 2005
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Paula Kamen has had a headache for 14 years. Her unlikely and often hilarious memoir explores the secret history of women and pain, and introduces us to a new (but very old) social phenomenon: The Tired Girls.
By Andrew O'Hehir
April 15, 2005
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It's been more than 50 years since studies first sounded the alarm about hormone replacement therapy. Women, silenced by shame, have been guinea pigs of the pharmaceutical industry for too long.
By Trisha Posner
July 10, 2002
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Life is one long vagina monologue for this precocious teen, the daughter of a sex educator.
By Carmen Winant
May 17, 2000
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Japanese women now have their own condoms.
By Jack Boulware
April 27, 2000
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A new study shows women can keep anger in and still be OK.
By Amy Standen
March 22, 2000
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Not everyone is destroyed by eating disorders.
By Georgie Binks
January 27, 2000
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As women bring lawsuits, therapists are having to pay for their mistakes.
By Kevin Giordano
December 22, 1999
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Medical tests revealed a most insidious disease: Fear.
By Eleanor Stacy Parker
August 19, 1999
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You don't know what it is, but you might have it.
By -- Jon Bowen
April 27, 1999
Is there a next generation of abortion providers?
New health advice hurting women?
The end of menstruation
Why I won't stay silent anymore
Religious right would kill to stop safe sex
The battle over birth control
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