Poor access to mental health supports and cultural stigmas are holding many racialized women back from healing during the pandemic, a new study has found. The research found the majority of respondents were…
Category: Women Health Issues
Uterine fibroids often plague Black women. They want less invasive treatments : Shots
From left, Nichole ‘Nykke’ Straws, Abibat Durosimi and Marsha (last name withheld) hold fruit that is the size of their fibroids. The portraits were made for Hidden Fruit, an educational…
Women in Crypto | 6 Women Changing the Face of Crypto
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Her Pain Was Dismissed, She Fought for Diagnosis
Heidi Richard, 47, spent a year trying to convince doctors there was something wrong with her body, but her worsening stomach symptoms were dismissed as anxiety, acid reflux and mono.…
North Texas VA fair educates patients and employees on women’s health care
Women Veterans represent ten percent of North Texas VA’s 204,000 enrolled patients, and more than 600 of its 6,400 employees. As our fastest growing patient population, this growth represents an…
Parliaments promote women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health in the time of COVID-19
Parliamentarians chose to shine a bright light on the importance of health equity at the opening day of the recent 144th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary (IPU), with a particular focus on…