The Network News back issues from January 1998:
Natria drops lawsuit: network wins major victory on terbutaline pump. (Matria Healthcare, Inc.;National Women's Health Network)
Jan 01, 1998; ... The Network's Citizen Petition calling for a stop to the inappropriate use of the terbutaline pump has been granted and the distributor of the pump has dropped the lawsuit it had filed against the Network. In late 1997 the FDA acceded to the Network's demands and sent letters ...
Women's Health Complexities and Differences. <Subdivision>
(book reviews)</Subdivision>
Jan 01, 1998 ... Envisioned as an introductory text for women's health courses, Women's Health: Complexities and Differences offers a lucid and engaging overview of historical struggles and contemporary issues in Women's Health. With long time activist-academics Sheryl Ruzek, Virginia Olesen, and Adele ...
Thalidomide.
Jan 01, 1998; ... Thalidomide is back. In 1960, the drug was rejected for approval by the FDA thanks to the heroic efforts of Dr. Frances Kelsey. It became apparent that the drug caused appalling birth defects in children whose mothers were exposed to thalidomide during pregnancy. On September 4th and 5th, ...
Cancer Wars - How Politics Shapes What We Know and Don't Know About Cancer. <Subdivision>
(book reviews)</Subdivision>
Jan 01, 1998; ... How are the Great Irish Potato Famine of 1850 in Ireland and current day controversies over cancer causes and prevention related? You will find this relationship and many other issues documented and analyzed in Norman Proctor's sophisticated, political-medical sociology book Cancer Wars. ...