Health
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Human Flesh Pills: China to Investigate Dead Baby Capsule Claims
China will reinvestigate allegations that Chinese-made drug capsules containing powdered remains of dead babies are being smuggled into South Korea, state media reported Tuesday. Ministry of...
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Woman Who Sold Suicide Kits Will Be Sentenced For Tax Crimes
A 92-year-old woman who sold $40 kits for people to kill themselves faces sentencing in San Diego for failing to file federal tax returns. Sharlotte Hydorn faces...
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Creating a Biological Underclass: A Reality of Poverty for HIV+ Women
By Sonia Rastogi Hype of the HIV epidemic in the U.S. has died down in the media and in the minds of many Americans. What...
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Student Left in DEA Cell for Days
Daniel Chong, the UC San Diego student who was left in a Drug Enforcement Administration holding cell for nearly five days, said the time spent...
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Women Running: Tomeka Hart
Name: Tomeka Hart Candidate for: U.S. House of Representatives, District 9 (Tennessee) Interviewed by: Tamura A. Lomax Why are you running for office? I am a...
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Judge: Texas Can't Ban Planned Parenthood from Health Program
A federal judge on Monday blocked a Texas rule that would have excluded Planned Parenthood from participating in the state’s women’s health program. U.S. District Judge Lee...
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On "Liberated Sex" and Other Myths
By Breanne Fahs At my book reading in New York last month, renowned sex therapist and activist Leonore Tiefer told me (in her brilliantly frank...
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Mortality Rates Still Too High for World's Teens
It’s known as the “youth bulge” – a decrease in child mortality rates leading to the largest generation of adolescents in history: 1.2 billion to...
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Planned Parenthood Worried It's The Target Of New Undercover Sting
A string of suspicious incidents at Planned Parenthood clinics across the country has given the organization reason to believe that anti-abortion activists are targeting it...
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Soccer or Sex? Thai Teens Ponder the Choice
If you are a teen with a sexual urge, what should you do? High school seniors in Thailand were perplexed this year when they were...
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Dreams Deferred, Humanity Denied: The War on Women of Color (Part 2)
Read Part 1 here The vicious attacks on women of color are not unique to the health care system. This has been evident within the...
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“There’s a war going on outside:” Health Care and Women of Color (Part 1)
Credit: Favianna Rodriguez Anna Brown sought out the care of St. Mary’s Health Center in St. Louis, MO because she was not feeling well. Complaining...
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A Holistic Anatomy of Yes?: A Review of Corset Magazines Orgasms Issue
I have strong views on sex. As a co-founder of the not safe for work tumblr Come Correct (bettacomecorrect.tumblr.com) I unapologetically let you know that...
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Women's Lower Status Puts Asia's Future at Risk
The Asia Society survey on women’s status in health, education, economic activity and political leadership urges improvements to ensure the region benefits fully from its underused...
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Rape Victims Say Military Labels Them 'Crazy'
Women in all branches of the armed forces, including the Coast Guard, have relayed stories that follow a similar pattern — a sexual assault, a...
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Afghans March to Protest Violence Against Women
Members of Afghan Young Women for Change staged a protest march in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul Saturday, denouncing violence against women, according to AFP photographs. Some...
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What Year IS this Anyway?: Musings of an Ex-Catholic as Politicians and Priests Fight over Women’s Reproductive Rights
By Mary Jean Ronan Herzog I am a Mary. I was named after the Blessed Virgin. Born into a Catholic family, as the first daughter...
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Arizona Governor Signs Anti-Abortion Bill
Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed a bill on Thursday that prohibits abortions in the state after 20 weeks. The bill, passed earlier this week by...