An unprecedented and definitive collection of rabble-rousing writings on women's health, Voices of the Women's Health Movement explores a range of provocative topics from reproductive rights to sexuality to motherhood. Trail-blazing advocate Barbara Seaman and health activist Laura Eldridge bring the revolutionary ideas of several generations together in this powerful new book celebrating women's bodies, and women's voices. The more than two hundred...

This book is about how you can embrace your sexual energy and use this amazing creational power to generate well-being and a healthy body. You will get a deeper understanding of the health benefits of a sexuality that is, utilized for well-being and not solely for pleasure. To do this you go inside yourself, aided by self-empowering practices that guide you towards accessing the wisdom of the body and finding ways to achieve emotional balance. On...

2013 will mark the fortieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, one of the most divisive rulings ever to shape American politics. In recent years, attempts to overturn Roe v. Wade have reached a fevered pitch. Since 2010 hundreds of bills banning or creating roadblocks to abortion access, contraception, and basic women's health have been proposed across the United States, with nearly one hundred new laws going into effect. The goal is to create a law that...

Careers in medicine are among the highest-paying and most in-demand jobs. The field of women's health offers secure jobs at all levels from medical assistant to physician. This indispensable volume explores the range of jobs and settings in which one can work in the field of women's health. It provides details on each job's activities and academic requirements. It includes tips on high school coursework, on-site training, college programs, and certifications...

Women have their own distinctive biological and health issues, which include menstruation, pregnancy, menopause, and breast cancer. This book explains how vitamins, minerals, and herbs can help women feel better and stay healthier.

This is a book you will want to keep close by. It is a comforting reference resource for natural, drug-free alternatives to know about and consider for healthy everyday supplementation or when traditional medicine is not finding answers.

Why do so many women have trouble getting effective and compassionate medical treatment? Diagnosis Female examines this widespread problem, with a focus on misdiagnosis and gender bias. The book zeroes in on specialties where women are more likely to encounter particularly troubling roadblocks: cardiology, neurology, chronic diseases and obstetrics/gynecology. All too often, when doctors can't figure out what is going on, women receive a diagnosis...

RETURN features charismatic Roxanne Swentzell from Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico whose efforts to reclaim ancient foodways are echoed across the continent by Tlingit, Muckleshoot, Oglala Sioux, Menominee, and Seneca women. At its heart this film is about empowering people to overcome their current circumstances through eating as their ancestors did - nutritiously and locally. RETURN offers an approach to confronting the diabetes epidemic now rampant...

Reproductive health and their accompanying rights affect each and every woman. This crucial resource provides information to help women make informed, educated decisions. Readers will learn about navigating the often-murky waters of making choices about sex and their sexual health, as well as the additional choices they may face if they wish to forge ahead into motherhood, put a child up for adoption, or opt to terminate a pregnancy, as well as the...