National Women’s Health Week By Sharon Schweitzer Every May beginning on Mother’s Day, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office on Women’s Health (OWH) leads National Women’s Health Week (NWHW). This year, NWHW takes place May
“Women experience higher rates of decayed or missing teeth, and are also more likely to experience more severe decay than men,” says Dr. Leslie Townsend, DDS., Regional Dental Director for Jefferson Dental Clinics. “What’s most alarming is how oral health impacts women’s ove...
Women's Health Week Spotlight: What is Pelvic Organ Prolapse? In the U.S. it's estimated that more than three million women have pelvic organ prolapse, which happens when an organ in the pelvic area, such as the bladder, uterus or rectum, pushes against the vaginal wa...
Rising rates of “chronic debilitating conditions among women” were one of three key public health concerns cited in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 U.S. Senate and House of Representatives appropriations bills, where a review of current National Institutes of Health (NIH) portfolios and an expert ...
"If Dr. Wen truly cared about the health of America's women, the last organization she would lead would be Planned Parenthood." Danielle Versluys, COO of Stanton Healthcare comments; "Planned Parenthood claims to be an expert on women's health while their preventative services have dropped tre...
National Women’s Health Week Slogan: “It’s Your Time: Pamper Your Mind, Body, and Spirit” Strategies for City/County Government Women's health encompasses a broad range of physical, social, and economic concerns. Empowering women, communities, health professionals and policymakers with the ...
This is part of our National Women's Health Week plan to step up your health. Get more healthy inspo: . Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday. Friday. Saturday. SundayCHRISTY LUNDY This article originally appeared in the May 2019 issue of Women's Health. For more intel on how to lead a...
Now's the time to pay tribute to those pals: Women's Health's 6th annual #NationalWorkoutBuddyDay is on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Sure, you could just post a photo with your bud and call it a day, but why stop there? Here are all the ways you can celebrate National Workout Budd...
BMC Women's Health volume 24, Article number: 363 (2024) Cite this article 1324 Accesses Metrics details Abstract Introduction Intimate partner violence (IPV) can be described as a violation of human rights that results from gender inequality. It has arisen as a contemporary issue in societies ...
We estimated the prevalence of same-sex experience among women and compared women reporting sex with women and men and women reporting sex exclusively with women with women reporting sex exclusively with men, in terms of sociodemographics and sexual, reproductive, and general health risk behaviors ...