'Abortion pill reversal' spreading in Europe, backed by US Christian right
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March 25, 2021, 50.50 Investigation “You are the first client I personally have worked with in Germany, but we have assisted many women all over Europe,” a US-based nurse told an openDemocracy undercover reporter, posing as a woman who had taken the first, but not the second, pill required to have a medical abortion... Continue reading Finding an Abortion Clinic Just Got a Lot Easier
Sept. 25, 2020, News
Mallory McPherson-Wehan remembers sitting on her friend’s living room floor, scouring the internet for abortion clinics. Her friend, a senior in high school at the time, had found out earlier that day that she was pregnant and made the decision to abort; the only question that remained was where she would go to do so... Continue reading What's Wrong With Your Vagina? Ask This Instagram Influencer
Oct. 29, 2019, News
Molly-Margaret Johnson got home from work one night with a strange feeling down there. She reached into her underwear—and, five seconds and a few fingers later, pulled out a condom. Mortified, she threw away the offending item and texted the guy... Continue reading The Ms. Q&A: How Heather Corinna Started the Online Sex Education Revolution
Oct. 28, 2019, News
Information on sexual health permeates the contemporary Internet—from Instagram moguls with a sex ed agenda to crowdsourced Wikipedia entries on gender identities to Netflix original series on the joys and perils of adolescent sexploration... Continue reading Decades-old starvation study bolsters eating disorder research
Sep. 24, 2018, The Minnesota Daily
A University of Minnesota follow-up study to starvation research during World War II is informing eating disorder treatment in the Twin Cities.... Continue reading Queering sexual health: UMN professor tackles prostate cancer
Sept. 7, 2017, News
Five years after his husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer, a University of Minnesota professor is working to improve rehabilitation treatment for LGBT survivors of the disease... Continue reading Minneapolis City Council restricts menthol tobacco
June 19, 2017, News
Two years after banning flavored tobacco from corner stores, the Minneapolis City Council is ready to swipe mint flavors from the aisles as well... Continue reading
UMN Fairview hospital struggles with patient security
June 14, 2017, News
In recent months, the University of Minnesota’s Fairview–Riverside Medical Center allowed at least seven major security breaches, including a patient who escaped the hospital on June 4, according to health agencies and those close to patients... Continue reading PTSD patients offered cannabis treatment, but hurdles remain
June 19, 2017, News
Next month, Minnesotans with post-traumatic stress disorder will be able to register for cannabis-based therapy... Continue reading U researchers develop new method to treat rare skin disease
June 1, 2017, News
Research by University of Minnesota doctors is helping patients with a blistering skin condition grow stronger through bone marrow transplants... Continue reading |