<![CDATA[The Women Post: HEALTH]]>https://www.thewomenpost.com/s/healthhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XHJk!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff415eed-fa2e-4e5b-a49a-fd96402a5461_500x500.pngThe Women Post: HEALTHhttps://www.thewomenpost.com/s/healthSubstackSat, 04 Apr 2026 15:57:01 GMT<![CDATA[They Changed the Cholesterol Rules—And Almost No One Is Talking About It]]>https://www.thewomenpost.com/p/they-changed-the-cholesterol-rulesandhttps://www.thewomenpost.com/p/they-changed-the-cholesterol-rulesandTue, 17 Mar 2026 17:52:08 GMT
Cholesterol testing should begin as early as age 10, new guidelines suggest. Credit: Fajrul Islam / Getty Images

Something just shifted in the world of health—and it should be front-page news.

New guidance from the American Heart Association and a coalition of top medical experts is quietly rewriting how we prevent heart disease. Not in small ways. In way…

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]]><![CDATA[Christina Applegate Says She is Now Mostly Confined to Bed as She Continues Her Battle with Multiple Sclerosis]]>https://www.thewomenpost.com/p/christina-applegate-says-she-is-nowhttps://www.thewomenpost.com/p/christina-applegate-says-she-is-nowThu, 26 Feb 2026 07:49:42 GMT
Christina Applegate and her daughter Sadie at the Screen Actors Guild awards in 2023. The actor has spoken about her life with multiple sclerosis. Photograph: Sipa US/Alamy

Christina Applegate has shared a difficult update about her health, revealing that she now spends much of her time in bed nearly five years after being diagnosed with multiple scleros…

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]]><![CDATA[BREAKING: Scientists Race to “Intercept” Cancer — A Game-Changer for Women’s Health]]>https://www.thewomenpost.com/p/breaking-scientists-race-to-intercepthttps://www.thewomenpost.com/p/breaking-scientists-race-to-interceptMon, 23 Feb 2026 10:02:40 GMT
A cancer patient is at the doctor's. credit: The Women Post

Instead of waiting for cancer to appear and then fighting it, scientists are now working on something far more powerful: stopping cancer before it ever takes hold.

This emerging strategy, known as cancer “interception,” focuses on identifying and disrupting the earliest biological changes that ev…

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]]><![CDATA[The Shadow of Success: How Domestic Abuse Derails Lives – The Case of Loni Willison]]>https://www.thewomenpost.com/p/the-shadow-of-success-how-domestichttps://www.thewomenpost.com/p/the-shadow-of-success-how-domesticTue, 06 Jan 2026 20:07:23 GMT
Baywatch star Jeremy Jackson’s homeless ex, Loni Willison, was seen in Santa MonicaCredit: BackGrid

Her ex-husband’s name is Jeremy Jackson.

Naming him matters—because abuse does not happen in a vacuum, and women do not destroy themselves without cause. When society refuses to name abusive men, it quietly transfers responsibility onto the women they harm.

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]]><![CDATA[Baek Se-hee, Author of I Want To Die But I Want To Eat Tteokbokki, Dies at 35 — Leaving Behind a Legacy of Vulnerability and Hope]]>https://www.thewomenpost.com/p/baek-se-hee-author-of-i-want-to-diehttps://www.thewomenpost.com/p/baek-se-hee-author-of-i-want-to-dieFri, 17 Oct 2025 20:53:08 GMT

Baek Se-hee, the South Korean author whose quiet honesty helped millions confront their own hidden pain, has died at the age of 35. The Korean Organ Donation Agency announced her passing on Thursday, without disclosing the cause of death.

Baek became a literary voice for a generation that often felt unheard. Her memoir, I Want To Die But I Want To Eat Tt…

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]]><![CDATA[To Manipulate You During an Argument, Narcissistic Men Use This 5-Step Technique]]>https://www.thewomenpost.com/p/to-manipulate-you-during-an-argumenthttps://www.thewomenpost.com/p/to-manipulate-you-during-an-argumentTue, 29 Jul 2025 02:16:33 GMT

When arguments with a man always leave you feeling confused, guilty, or emotionally exhausted, there may be more at play than simple miscommunication. According to mental health professionals, this could be a sign you’re dealing with someone who exhibits narcissistic behavior, and they may be using a specific method to gain the upper hand in every confrontation.

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]]><![CDATA[Jessie J Reveals Breast Cancer Diagnosis: “I’m Holding On to the Word Early”]]>https://www.thewomenpost.com/p/jessie-j-reveals-breast-cancer-diagnosishttps://www.thewomenpost.com/p/jessie-j-reveals-breast-cancer-diagnosisWed, 04 Jun 2025 17:58:49 GMT
Jessie J attends the 2025 BAFTA Television Awards With P&O Cruises at The Royal Festival Hall on May 11, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty Images)

British pop star Jessie J has revealed that she has been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer, opening up about her health in a heartfelt and unfiltered video message shared…

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]]><![CDATA[Trump’s DOJ Has Put Reproductive Health Clinics Under Threat]]>https://www.thewomenpost.com/p/trumps-doj-has-put-reproductive-healthhttps://www.thewomenpost.com/p/trumps-doj-has-put-reproductive-healthThu, 29 May 2025 18:21:38 GMT
President Donald Trump signs a series of executive orders in the Oval Office, including on clemency for anti-abortion activists, on January 23

Calla Hayes, the executive director of A Preferred Women’s Health Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, is used to protesters. The clinic sees thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators outside of its doors each year…

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]]><![CDATA[Sarah Is In Pain, No One Is Listening: How Doctors Take Women’s Pain Less Seriously]]>https://www.thewomenpost.com/p/sarah-is-in-pain-no-one-is-listeninghttps://www.thewomenpost.com/p/sarah-is-in-pain-no-one-is-listeningTue, 27 May 2025 18:55:24 GMT

Early on a Monday morning, I heard an anguished cry—then silence.

I rushed into the bedroom and watched my girlfriend, Sarah, stumble from the bathroom, doubled over, hugging herself in pain.

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“Something’s wrong,” she gas…

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]]><![CDATA[Trump Wants to Cut Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid Funding as Supreme Court Takes Up Key Case—We Can’t Let That Happen]]>https://www.thewomenpost.com/p/trump-wants-to-cut-planned-parenthoodshttps://www.thewomenpost.com/p/trump-wants-to-cut-planned-parenthoodsSun, 30 Mar 2025 08:25:25 GMT
Medicaid is the most common source of insurance for patients who seek health care at Planned Parenthood clinics, which provide services such as testing for sexually transmitted infections, cancer screenings and birth control services. (Aaron M. Sprecher/AP Images)

The case, stemming from a South Carolina policy, could significantly impact access to repro…

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]]><![CDATA[What Happens to Health Research When 'WOMEN' is a Banned Word Under The Trump Administration?]]>https://www.thewomenpost.com/p/what-happens-to-health-research-whenhttps://www.thewomenpost.com/p/what-happens-to-health-research-whenSat, 29 Mar 2025 12:10:23 GMT

Daniella Fodera’s research career took a devastating turn when she received an early morning call from her adviser: Her doctoral fellowship at Columbia University had been abruptly terminated. The funding, which she had spent a year securing, was meant to support her study of the biomechanics of uterine fibroids—an underresearched condition that affects…

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]]><![CDATA[Federal Law Protects Emergency Abortions. Will Trump And His Minions Keep That Policy?]]>https://www.thewomenpost.com/p/federal-law-protects-emergency-abortionshttps://www.thewomenpost.com/p/federal-law-protects-emergency-abortionsWed, 26 Feb 2025 20:49:40 GMT

President Biden reinforced that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) mandates hospitals to provide abortions when necessary to stabilize a patient. However, as the Trump administration continues to reshape federal policies, the future of these protections remains uncertain.

Doctors Brace for a Potential Rollback

Healthcare providers acro…

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]]><![CDATA[Future of Cancer Coverage for Women Federal Firefighters Uncertain]]>https://www.thewomenpost.com/p/future-of-cancer-coverage-for-womenhttps://www.thewomenpost.com/p/future-of-cancer-coverage-for-womenTue, 25 Feb 2025 16:22:20 GMT

The Labor Department recently expanded workers’ compensation coverage for breast, ovarian, uterine, and cervical cancers among wildland firefighters. However, uncertainty looms over whether these protections will remain intact under the Trump administration.

It took nearly three years of advocacy to secure presumptive coverage for these cancers, which ar…

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]]><![CDATA[The Intersection of Politics, Religion and Women's Health]]>https://www.thewomenpost.com/p/the-intersection-of-politics-religionhttps://www.thewomenpost.com/p/the-intersection-of-politics-religionMon, 10 Feb 2025 23:16:08 GMT

Holding a heating pad to my abdomen, grumbling about my lot in life as a woman during that time of the month, I curse Aunt Flo for the hundredth time. Teachings from my Sunday School years come to mind, reminding me that I'm in pain because a talking snake tricked my great x100^20 grandmother into eating an apple that magically held all the world's know…

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]]><![CDATA[The Dismantling of Reproductive Rights is More Insidious Then You Think ]]>https://www.thewomenpost.com/p/the-dismantling-of-reproductive-rightshttps://www.thewomenpost.com/p/the-dismantling-of-reproductive-rightsTue, 04 Feb 2025 16:00:00 GMT
Drill hole divots in a rock face (or to 7-year-old me, very clear evidence that dragons are real)

When I was a kid driving down the highway with my parents, bored because my parents' music choice wasn't piquing my interest and we had already played Eye Spy until the phrase had lost meaning, I would often see these long straight divots in the rock faces w…

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]]><![CDATA[Cancer Cases on the Rise Among Women as Rates Decline in Men, New Report Reveals]]>https://www.thewomenpost.com/p/cancer-cases-on-the-rise-among-womenhttps://www.thewomenpost.com/p/cancer-cases-on-the-rise-among-womenThu, 16 Jan 2025 19:34:06 GMT
A woman undergoes a mammogram. Eduardo Briones / Europa Press via Pexels.com.

A recent report has found that while cancer rates in men are declining, cases among women are steadily increasing. The American Cancer Society's findings highlight significant shifts in cancer trends over the past two decades, with breast and thyroid cancer rates rising for wom…

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]]><![CDATA[Drinking a glass of this milk every day could reduce the risk of developing colon cancer in women]]>https://www.thewomenpost.com/p/drinking-a-glass-of-this-milk-everyhttps://www.thewomenpost.com/p/drinking-a-glass-of-this-milk-everyMon, 13 Jan 2025 11:23:12 GMT
A woman drinking a glass of this milk every day

According to researchers, a glass of milk a day could help reduce the risk of developing this devastating disease by 17%.

Considered the third most common cancer in men in the world, according to the World Cancer Research Fund, colon cancer is being studied closely.

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]]><![CDATA[The 5 best methods to boost yourself in case of a little depression in 2025]]>https://www.thewomenpost.com/p/the-5-best-methods-to-boost-yourselfhttps://www.thewomenpost.com/p/the-5-best-methods-to-boost-yourselfMon, 30 Dec 2024 04:50:16 GMT
Two women at a mountain climbing site. Image taken from Freepik.com

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]]><![CDATA[The Escalation of Online Abuse Against Women: A Growing Crisis in the Digital Age, How to Solve the Problem?]]>https://www.thewomenpost.com/p/the-escalation-of-online-abuse-againsthttps://www.thewomenpost.com/p/the-escalation-of-online-abuse-againstTue, 17 Dec 2024 15:34:34 GMT

In the digital age, the internet serves as a double-edged sword, offering unparalleled connectivity and opportunities for expression while simultaneously becoming a breeding ground for abuse and harassment. A particular concern is the rampant online abuse targeting women, which has reached alarming proportions in recent years. Despite efforts to combat it, the problem persists and continues to escalate, posing significant threats to women's safety, mental health, and participation in online spaces.

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]]><![CDATA[Sexual and gender-based violence in hospitals: female nurses and doctors report having already been abused by a colleague]]>https://www.thewomenpost.com/p/sexual-and-gender-based-violencehttps://www.thewomenpost.com/p/sexual-and-gender-based-violenceSat, 23 Nov 2024 15:32:11 GMT

The healthcare profession, long upheld as a bastion of healing and care, is grappling with a deeply entrenched crisis: sexual and gender-based violence. Recent investigations in different Western regions have exposed the scale of abuse faced by women in medicine—abuse perpetrated by a culture of male privilege and hierarchical power structures. White males, who dominate leadership and senior roles in the medical field, disproportionately wield the power that allows such behavior to persist unchecked.

This systemic issue came into sharp focus in April 2024 when French emergency doctor Patrick Pelloux faced allegations of sexual assault and harassment. The case sparked the #MeToo Hospital movement, amplifying the voices of women in healthcare who have long endured sexism, harassment, and violence. A survey by the Order of Physicians, released in November 2024, has further illuminated the pervasive nature of these abuses.

Survey Results Reveal Shocking Statistics

The survey, involving 19,104 junior and active doctors, revealed an alarming prevalence of sexist and sexual violence:

  • 65% of respondents reported being aware of such violence within their profession.

  • Nearly one in two female nurses or doctors experienced violence during their studies or careers.

  • Among female doctors under 40, 57% reported being subjected to sexist insults, harassment, or physical assault.

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