LEWISTON — Central Maine Healthcare obstetrics-gynecology is requiring its patients to first seek routine care from their primary care practice or other hospital offices instead of scheduling them with the hospital’s OB-GYN office, according to spokesman Jim Cyr. The shift will allow patients seeking non-routine or specialized care to be […]
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Overturn of Roe has denied women healthcare. I’m fighting for them
Dr. Caitlin Bernard Editor’s note: The Indiana Medical Licensing Board found earlier this year that Dr. Caitlin Bernard violated privacy laws in her handling of a 10-year-old abortion patient’s information last summer, but cleared her of the charge that she failed to report abuse of the girl quickly enough. Experts […]
Taliban training Afghan women as doctors to segregate medical care
November 5, 2022 at 3:11 p.m. EDT Medical residents watch and assist during a Caesarean section at the Rabia Balkhi public women’s hospital, one of Kabul’s busiest, on Oct. 23. Despite the ongoing training of 55 residents, the hospital is facing an uptick in patients, which has spread the remaining […]
How More Women Than Men Are Being Impacted By The Recession : NPR
Of the 1.1 million people who left the job market in September, more than 860,000 were women. We examine why women are dropping out of the workforce, and what it will mean for the economy. DAVID GREENE, HOST: Over 1 million people left the job market in September. More than […]
Mary J. Blige and other women touched by breast cancer talk importance of screening
Mary J. Blige is using her voice to raise awareness for breast cancer and the importance of getting screened. The nine-time Grammy Award-winning singer said in an interview with “Good Morning America” that highlighting the illness is important to her because of the racial disparity in breast cancer death rates. […]