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Genetic Tests Create Treatment Opportunities And Confusion For Breast Cancer Patients

Experts are torn on when and how to deploy all the new tests available, including for those diagnosed with breast cancer.

Sep 22, 2022

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Oregonians Support Abortion Access At Higher Rate Than US Average, Survey Finds

The survey comes as Planned Parenthood gears up to serve out-of-state clients who come to Oregon from Idaho for reproductive services.

Aug 16, 2022

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Alcohol-Related Deaths For Women Surge Compared With Men

The pandemic fueled an upswing in drinking in some groups, but the trend in heavier drinking among women, as well as related liver damage and other health effects, is not new.

Jun 30, 2022

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Could Data From Your Period-Tracking App Be Used Against You?

As some states move to criminalize abortion, data in these popular apps could be used to prosecute people who terminate their pregnancies.

May 24, 2022

Oregon, Texas Are Latest States To Put Down Markers On Abortion Coverage

Aug 23, 2017

For Millennials, Both Good And Bad News In Senate’s GOP Health Bill

Jun 28, 2017

Buehler and Steiner Hayward Want Additional Access to Birth Control

The House Health Committee is considering legislation that would allow pharmacists to dispense additional types of contraception without a doctor’s note, as well as a bill that will require the Oregon Health Plan to set up billing codes to allow hospitals to be paid for inserting IUDs after mothers have given birth.

Mar 21, 2017

Spike in Hate Crimes, Proliferation of Racism in Schools Comes into Full View

Registration for Oregon’s Women’s Health Network’s workshop on how whites can be better allies to vulnerable communities in the post-election world exceed space at its venue. Network planners now look to host additional workshops.

Dec 6, 2016

Beyond Birth Control, Women Could Pay More For Insurance Again Under TrumpCare

As the prospect began to sink in of losing access to free contraceptives if the health law is repealed or replaced, women have reportedly been racing to get IUDs or stockpile birth control pills before President Barack Obama leaves office. But birth control is just the tip of the iceberg, advocates say. There are a number of other women’s health benefits that are also at risk.

Nov 29, 2016

Hidden Plan Exclusions May Leave Gaps In Women’s Care, Study Finds

Aug 16, 2016