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Disabled Women Often Avoid Routine Health Exams

By Vickie Beck ● Health & Science ● July 17, 2000

The gynecologist’s table is 35 inches high; the wheelchair 19 inches. Mammogram equipment also creates significant difficulties for disabled women. There are strong disincentives to seeking annual exams.

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AIDS: Always An Outrage

By Victoria Graham ● Arts & Culture ● July 3, 2000

NY Senate Drops Women’s Health Bill

By Melinda Voss ● Commentary ● June 26, 2000

The New York State Senate recessed without passing a bill that would have mandated insurance coverage for contraceptives, mammograms, bone density scans and pap smears. It mandated coverage for prostate screening but said women’s health needs more study.

Note to Researchers: Build Trust, Get Us There

By Melinda Voss ● Health & Science ● June 14, 2000

The final part of our series on the failure to include women in medical research focuses on the steps scientists may take to increase the number of female participants.

Medical journals do not ask if sex affects results

By Melinda Voss ● Arts & Culture ● June 3, 2000

Our contributing health editor continues her three-part report on the failure of medical researchers to analyze their results by gender.

Despite Law, Gender Ignored by Medical Research

By Melinda Voss ● Arts & Culture ● May 27, 2000

Latest government study reveals that the law requiring women be included in federally funded medical research is being ignored.

California May Ease Poor’s Access to Insurance

By Lorraine Forte ● Health & Science ● May 11, 2000

The state with the highest number of uninsured may cut red tape and reporting requirements in belief that it may reduce emergency care costs. Bipartisan support is not yet assured, however.

Prenatal poverty may cause more harm than drugs

By Jean E. Herskowitz ● Health & Science ● May 11, 2000

Philadelphia study of two sets of poor young children indicates that on tests of their learning abilities, the children of mothers who used cocaine did as well as the control group.

Drug tests may conflict with women’s rights

By Jean E. Herskowitz ● Health & Science ● May 3, 2000

Eighteen states have anti-drug laws that may interfere with a woman’s right to choose and could be applied in a racially discriminatory manner. Mothers may also loose custody to a foster care system that is often inadequate.

Medical Students Battle for Pro-Choice Education

By Melinda Voss ● Health & Science ● April 28, 2000

More than 150 medical students met to learn not only how to perform abortions, but also how to press for changes in medical school training. Both are needed, say the organizers, because abortions are the most common surgical procedure for women.