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Market Hurdles Slow Emergency Contraception Sales

By Melinda Voss ● Health & Science ● January 15, 2001

Emergency contraceptive pills ought to sell briskly nationwide, however, doctors don't promote them, women don't understand them and basic economic forces combine to make them widely unavailable. Second of two articles.

Advocates: Sell Pills Averting Pregnancy Widely

By Melinda Voss ● Health & Science ● December 11, 2000

Medical leaders are joining the campaign to permit the purchase of emergency contraceptives to be as easy as buying condoms. The anti-abortion forces are quiet on this front, making the change seem feasible. First of two parts.

Wage Gap, Poverty, Bias Harm Women's Health

By Melinda Voss ● Health & Science ● December 4, 2000

The community where a woman lives affects virtually all aspects of her health and well-being. A national “Report Card” analyzed state efforts in economic security, education, discrimination, gun control and the environment. Last in a series.

States Lag in Helping Women Stay Healthy

By Melinda Voss ● Health & Science ● October 10, 2000

States are failing to ensure women receive routine tests that will save their lives and reduce illness and are also failing to provide the basic nutrition information and physical education required to maintain health.

Poor Access to Abortion Endangers Women's Health

By Melinda Voss ● Health & Science ● September 18, 2000

States can improve women's health by ensuring access to abortion services, but most states, and the nation as a whole, have failed to do so, according to a comprehensive state-by-state study. It grades 48 states “F.”

New Study Finds U.S. Health Policies Fail Women

By Melinda Voss ● Health & Science ● August 29, 2000

Billed as the first-ever report card on women's health, this comprehensive assessment itemizes inconsistent, inadequate and ineffective health care policies for improving women's health and well-being.

Psychiatrist: Know Thy Own Bias

By Melinda Voss ● Health & Science ● August 8, 2000

Feminist therapy, around for 30 years, is often misunderstood. Recently, a leading psychiatrist took a bold step by explaining its fundamentals to her colleagues and offering ideas on improving their treatment of women.

Stingy Medicare Rates Risk Women's Health

By Melinda Voss ● Health & Science ● July 17, 2000

Government health insurance pays so little for the newer and more accurate Pap test for cervical cancer that many health care providers do not use them.

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.

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