Racism and Health Inequity
News Team Member Kimberly Yang explores the "weathering hypothesis," the once-controversial and now accepted theory that experiencing racism imposes biological effects on health.
Transplanting Ovarian Tissue
News Team member Ananya Dash discusses how ovarian tissue transplants, commonly used in cancer patients, could be adapted for healthy women to ward off the negative effects of menopause.
IUDs and Pain Neglect
In an opinion piece, News Team member Ananya Dash discusses the importance of adequate and individualized pain relief plans for IUD insertion patients.
Weekly Health Digest: Food Recalls, Semaglutide, Gender Health Gap, Eye Implants, Stroke Guidelines, Abortion Access
New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: food recalls increase, preventing compounded semaglutide, eliminating the gender health gap, eye implants for the blind, social determinants of health in stroke guidelines, new attempts to restrict abortion.
Health Beyond the Blog: Rachel E Gross’s “Vagina Obscura”
News Team member Ananya Dash recommends "Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage" by Rachel E. Gross, an exploration of science, culture, history and inequities in women's health research.
Weekly Health Digest: Trials for HIV Vaccine, Femtech, Wastewater Monitoring, and COVID in China
New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: J&J ends HIV vaccine trial, the gap in women’s healthcare, the future of wastewater monitoring, and COVID spike in China on the horizon
Weekly Health Digest: Rowing Machines’ New Popularity; COVID-19, Depression, and Menstrual Cycles
New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: A renaissance for rowing machines, and how COVID-19 affected depression and menstrual cycles.
Health Beyond the Blog: Why It Costs $15,000 to Freeze Your Eggs
A new documentary explores the ethical and financial implications of oocyte preservation – egg freezing.
Pregnant People’s Paradox
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Adaora Yvonne Ntukogu Including pregnant women in research is very risky. Pregnant women are especially vulnerable, so their participation in clinical trials could result in pregnancy complications that could harm the unborn…
Women’s Health and Women’s Rights Lay the Foundations for Health of Current and Future Generations
In honor of International Women’s Day 2021 By: Tessa Roseboom, PhD In every corner of the world, women are more often exposed to violence, do more unpaid work, and earn less money. Also, women have poorer access to food, healthcare,…