Flora Stone Mather Center for Women

Birth Control Sticker Shock
http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/03/22/birthcontrol

You’ve heard the complaints about paying more for tuition and textbooks. The latest sticker shock to be upsetting students: the rising cost of birth control.

A little known provision in a deficit reduction law enacted in 2005 is taking effect this year and leading to sharp increases in costs for students who use prescription birth control. Exact costs vary from campus to campus, but students whose birth control needs could have been financed with $10 to $20 a month now find themselves facing bills as much as $50 a month. That may not sound like a huge increase, but health educators report that many students don’t have an extra few hundred dollars a year in their budgets and are furious about the change.

Those frustrations upset health educators, who already worry about students having sex without birth control, and who don’t want any unwanted pregnancies on their campuses. In addition, health educators note that students who seek prescription birth control typically receive guidance on sexual health issues, guidance that might disappear if students are discouraged from these froms of birth control.

Sexual Diseases Often Strike Again
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/128/117129.htm

Ortho Evra Patch: Clot Risk Updated
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/127/116767.htm

Top 10 Questions About the Flu
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/128/
116938.htm?z=1020_00000_6698_f2_02

Plan B: 11 Questions, 11 Answers
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/126/116442

Prevalence of intimate partner violence:
findings from the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence
SCIENCE DIRECT

Energy Drinks and Alcohol Don't Mix
(The New York Times News Service) -- Mixing alcohol and energy drinks such as Red Bull have become increasingly popular, but the combination can result in a disconnect between perception and reality, Brazilian researchers report.
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/EMIHC254/333/20789/456067.html?d=dmtICNNews


Women and Heart Disease Fact Sheet
Although heart disease is sometimes thought of as a "man's disease," it is the leading cause of death for both women and men in the United States with women comprising 51% of the total heart disease deaths.
http://www.cdc.gov/cvh/library/fs_women_heart.htm

Women and Medicines: What You Need to Know
Women and Medicines: What You Need to Know
This information is provided to help women learn about how medicines can work differently in women and men and what you can do to help your medicines work best for you. (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

Midlife Women & Sexual Health
National Women’s Health Report: Midlife Women & Sexual Health:
It's a fact many midlife women know but don't admit or understand: sex may take on a different hue as they age. But, that doesn't mean that sex after menopause has to be unsatisfying, painful or a problem. Learn more about:

• Why women's sexual response differs from men's and why the difference is important.

• What leading women's sexual health experts want women to know about sex after menopause.

• How women should bring up the topic of sex with their health care professionals, if they need to discuss it.

• How to keep the passion in your relationship at midlife and beyond.

The latest issue of the National Women's Health Report, "Midlife Women & Sexual Health," presents key findings from the latest research on women's sexual response, desire and intimacy following menopause. Leading women's sexual health experts share their views on the current status of research on women's sexual health as well as recommendations for getting help for sex-related concerns.

Midlife Women & Sexual Health is part of the Nurture Your Nature: Inspiring Women's Sexual Wellness initiative, a collaborative effort between the National Women's Health Resource Center (NWHRC) and the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP) to raise awareness about sexuality as a natural and valued aspect of American's women's health. For more information, visit www.nurtureyournature.org, www.healthywomen.org, or contact the NWHRC

The NWHRC has written a brief article about "Take 10 to T.A.L.K.".
Download "Make the Most of Your Next Health Visit -- Take 10 to TALK" as a PDF