Sunday Snippets is a round-up of headlines about women’s health and lives from the past week that we haven’t covered in our regular posts. Snippets is a perk for our terrific paid subscribers, released a few days later for all readers.
June 14: There is so much happening right now that breaks our spirit and hearts; it’s hard for us here to even think about news outside of the political havoc. Our hearts go out to everyone affected and traumatized—directly, indirectly or virtually—and our thanks go to all of the incredible journalists, many on Substack, who are following it all, often in danger themselves, helping us makes sense of the chaos as we, as a nation, figure out who we are and are not.
In the news this week for women: Tips to reduce heart disease; women leaders fight medical gaslighting; Michelle Obama takes heat for suggesting women’s health is more than pregnancy; health groups fight for insurance coverage for vaccines; a woman’s delayed care in Texas found to be illegal after she loses part of her reproductive system—but docs still left guessing what could land them in prison; safest states for gay and trans people; how to know which at-home tests are right for you; colorectal cancer and sexual health; ubiquitous CT scans and cancer; cancer rates and young people; coffee, cannabis and aging; nerve pain; RFK moves to limit vaccines Is ‘just in case’ peeing harmful? Is there a way to stop NIH defunding? More opportunities and growth in FemTech after decades of same-old from traditional care…and much, much more.
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