#womenshealth
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"Harris and other advocates recognize that menopause is having a moment, and they want to bring it to women and LGBTQ+ people behind bars."
https://19thnews.org/2026/09/menopause-women-prison-kwaneta-harris/ via @19thnews@flipboard.com
#PublicHealth #menopause #WomensHealth #incarceration #prisons
"...just two years later, the state’s Republican-dominated legislature is asking Missouri voters to overturn the abortion protections they recently supported. The conflicting measures even have the same title: Amendment 3. But while a 'yes' vote in 2024 supported adding protections to the state constitution, a 'no' vote in 2026 would keep them."
https://kffhealthnews.org/elections/abortion-state-referenda-2026-november-midterms-roe-dobbs-missouri-nevada/
#healthcare #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #abortion #WomensHealth #elections #missouri #USpol
Finally got around to getting a mammogram. The process was physically uncomfortable, but the technician was cool and let me see the images.
And I definitely don't have cancer (at least in this one particular part of my body they looked at), so that's a plus too.
#mammogram #womensHealth #preventativeMedicine
Best Dermatologists in Columbus, Ohio for Women Managing Psoriasis and Hidradenitis Suppurativa
https://www.chronogram.com/resource-guide/best-dermatologists-in-columbus-ohio-for-women-managing-psoriasis-and-hidradenitis-suppurativa/
#Health #Dermatology #WomensHealth
UK doctors develop non-invasive test for womb cancer in women bleeding after menopause
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/22/uk-doctors-simple-test-detect-womb-cancer-women-bleeding-menopause
#Health #CancerResearch #WomensHealth
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Birthing among 'flies and trucks' becoming more common in parts of NSW
By Lauren Pezet
The rate at which babies are being born before arriving at hospital has doubled in regional areas since 2001, in outer regional and remote areas it has more than tripled.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-22/babies-born-before-arriving-at-hospital-climbs-regional-nsw/107106782
#Babies #WomensHealth #PregnancyandChildbirth #LaurenPezet
Dry eyes in perimenopause and beyond: why women shouldn't ignore this very common chronic condition
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/01/nx-s1-5943165-e1/dry-eyes-are-common-among-women-heres-why-you-shouldnt-ignore-it
Dry eyes are a very common chronic eye condition among women in perimenopause and beyond. Here's why you shouldn't ignore it.
#wellness #womenshealth #eyehealth
What are the 'luteal uglies'? And how they're affecting women
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0jk6wjkn0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
#Health #WomensHealth #Wellbeing
#privacy #security #SurveillanceCapitalism #WomensHealth #google #metahttps://youtube.com/shorts/E3MXQ5egzCg?si=93n1Fl0ZZl2c5fY1
Why tracking your period with apps comes with risks
Hundreds of thousands of women get morning-after pill via free pharmacy service
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn9n1rg3n81o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
#Health #WomensHealth #Pharmacy
Diagnosing heart attacks in women can be tricky. And heart disease kills more women than all forms of cancer combined. Women and doctors need to be more proactive
#WomensHealth #HeartDisease
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2026/jul/27/women-heart-attack-symptoms-testing
Can We Destigmatize Menopause Care?
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000011027896/can-we-destigmatize-menopause-care.html
#Health #WomensHealth #Opinion
I had to stop modelling because I kept passing out from crippling endometriosis
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c79yyzw9v8xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
#Health #WomensHealth #Endometriosis
This is infuriating. Jimmy Fallon is despicable.
No idea who this Conor McGregor is, but adjudicated rapists shouldn't be getting air time and applause...
#WomensHealth #WomensSafety #JimmyFallonhttps://youtube.com/shorts/uBwS4P1yprI
Jimmy Fallon invites an adjudicated rapist onto Late Night. #conormcgregor
We have 22 euros left, and we need to cover the rest of the rent. Please donate whatever amount you can, no matter how small.
#HelpEachOther #Empathy #Solidarity #WomensHealth #MedicalAid
https://chuffed.org/project/189598-help-haya-complete-her-college-education-and-provide-food-for-her-family
Women Have Earned Our Menopause Revolution
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/opinion/menopause-influencers-womens-health.html
#WomensHealth #Menopause #Healthcare
The latest edition of my Things Friends Forward #Substack #newsletter
026: Clarity, Care, & New Sounds | 22 – 28 June
End-of-life planning resources, the funding shift behind the women's health boom, & a heap of my favourites release new #music
https://thingsfriendsforward.substack.com/p/026-clarity-care-and-new-sounds-22
#ThingsFriendsForward
#EndofLife
#WomensHealth
#NewMusic
Women with PMOS should have yearly NHS checks, says health watchdog
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd0m3g05kx2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
#Health #WomensHealth #NHS
Hearing "cervical cancer" is scary, but here is the truth: it is one of the most preventable and treatable cancers when caught early. You have power over your health.
Most cases are linked to HPV—a very common virus that your body often clears on its own, but sometimes quietly alters cervical cells over time. Routine screening puts control back in your hands. 👇
https://www.erebunimed.com/eng/
#WomensHealth #CervicalCancer #MedMastodon #Prevention #Healthcare
"Taking hormone-based birth control as a younger woman appears to protect the brain, maintaining the size of regions vital to memory, cognition and information, researchers report in the July 1 issue of the journal NeuroImage."
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2026-06-25/estrogen-birth-control-may-protect-womens-brains-as-they-age#PublicHealth #ReproHealth #FamilyPlanning #contraception #WomensHealth #BrainHealth #dementia









