"Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing else but medicine on a large scale" – Rudolf Virchow
Tuesday September 7th 2010

‘Women’s Health’ Archives

The Truce Between Choice and Life

Conservatives argue that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act violates the “truce” [...]

Same Sex Disparities in Access to Care

Same-sex couples have a level of access to insurance coverage and health care that is intermediate [...]

Spillover of Mandated Benefits

The power to regulate health insurance companies rests with the States, with important exceptions. [...]

Abortion: Controversy and Compromise

A brief from the Department of Health Policy at George Washington University posits that the [...]

Mammography, but at what age?

Recent recommendations by the USPSTF suggest that women can safely postpone mammography until age [...]