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Heart Risk Factors May Affect Black Women More Than White Women
By Nancy Shute African-American women can be at risk of heart disease even if they don’t have metabolic syndrome, a study finds. That’s a problem, because the current thinking is that metabolic syndrome — defined as high triglycerides, bad cholesterol, … Continue reading
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Tagged african american, Cardiovascular disease, health, heart, race, womens health
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The 9 Worst Things Said About Women, Abortion, and Rape in 2013
By Molly Redden Opponents of reproductive rights had a busy 2013. By the end of June, state lawmakers had passed 43 abortion restrictions into law—as many restrictions as were enacted in all of 2012, according to an analysis by the … Continue reading
Abortion Restrictions Are Harming Women’s Health and Human Rights in Texas
By Andrea Flynn Last week the Supreme Court decided to leave in place a Texas law that has essentially closed a third of the abortion providers in that state. On their own, the abortion restrictions are devastating. But in the … Continue reading
14-Year-Old Girl With Pro-Choice Sign Under Attack: “Please Stop Calling Me a “Whore”
By Tuesday Cain I’m a 14-year-old girl who has lived in Austin, Texas, my whole life. I like art, music and talking on the phone with my friends. When I grow up, I’d like to become a science teacher. I … Continue reading
My Medical Choice By Angelina Jolie
MY MOTHER fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56. She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance … Continue reading
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Tagged Angelina Jolie, Breast, Breast cancer, cancer, Mastectomy, New York Times, Ovarian cancer, Risk, womens health
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