medical care
Half the Man His Father Was?
Studies are showing dramatic drops in sperm counts and rising rates of reproductive health problems for men throughout industrialized countries. Are environmental contaminants partially to blame?
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Poland Says No to Pain-Free Childbirth
by Anna Wilkowska-Landowska, RH Reality Check, Eastern Europe
November 28, 2008 - 8:00am (Print)
Poland is struggling with record low numbers of women having children. So why would the Minister of Health suggest that the national health care plan no longer fund anesthetization during delivery?
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Out of Reach: Sex Reassignment Surgery Not 'Medically Necessary'?
by Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check
June 16, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)
Sex reassignment surgery and other related medical interventions cost thousands of dollars and are not optional for many transgender people. But many insurance companies don't consider these procedures medically necessary.
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Where Are The Doctors? Teens Risking STDs
by Dr. Tamer Middleton, Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health
June 11, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)
Teenagers want doctors' help with birth control and STD prevention. But very few of us provide it.
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Hysterics: Are Hysterectomies Too Common?
by Anna Clark, RH Reality Check
June 10, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)
One in three women has a hysterectomy before her sixtieth birthday. Is such major surgery medically necessary for all those women? And if not, how did this procedure become commonplace?
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