Recently added articles from National Women's Health Report:
Overcoming cultural and language barriers.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Two contributors to health care disparities in this country are cultural and language barriers between health care professional and patient. Put simply, you and your doctor (or nurse or dentist or physician assistant) may not understand each other, even if you speak the same language. ...
Getting personal: health conditions you need to know about.(AGES & STAGES)
Jul 01, 2009 ... If you are a woman of color, there are certain health conditions for which you have a higher risk. This chart describes the conditions, the risk differences for women like you compared with white women and steps you can take to minimize your risk. <Pre> ConditionIncreased Risk ...
What you can do to improve your health.(LIFESTYLE CORNER)
Jul 01, 2009; ... I want to talk about the things you can do to improve and protect your health, and take the focus off the health care system, for just a minute. Surely, there must be things we can do on our own to reduce the many health-related gaps between women of color and white women. Did ...
Women & health care reform.
Mar 01, 2009 ... When Joy Lindquist lost her job as a health educator in 2004, she lost more than just a paycheck. She also lost her health insurance. Although she could have continued her health benefits by paying the entire premium, the $300 a month cost was more than she could afford. Hoping to make it ...
The doctor is in (Online): don't be surprised if the next time you talk to your health care professional it's through a videoconferencing setup, e-mail or a cell-phone text.
Mar 01, 2009 ... These days, clinicians are using electronic texts for quick consults, to send reminders to their patients about appointments and to keep a cellular "eye" on hospitalized patients and by receiving text alerts if their condition changes. Meanwhile, some doctors have turned to ...