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Healthmatters

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Clough, Annette; Hnatiuk, Daphne; Mintzes, Barbara; Penrowley, Colleen; Thompson, Maggie
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Series: 
Vol. 2 No. 3
Date: 
1986-09
Pages: 
8
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A newsletter produced by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). This issue includes: Brand name or No Name- Proposed changes to drug patent act; D.P.T.- A shot in the dark; Silent Hearings- Depo too hot to mention; Discrimination on the Basis of AIDS; Critical Reading- How to read medical studies; Health Shorts; Is Your VDT Making you Sick?; Announcements and Notices
Keywords: 
women and health; women's health; drug law reform; pharmaceutical; vaccine; vaccination; Depo Provera; AIDS; discrimination; homophobia; education; awareness raising; abortion; access to services; birth control; Dalkon Shield; Video Display terminals (VDTs); VDT related illnesses; radiation; occupational health; book review

Healthmatters

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Freeman, Oni; Grant, Rachel; Hnatiuk, Daphne; Hluchy, Cathy; Mintzes, Barbara; Penrowley, Colleen; Prosser, Susan; Raymont, Fay; Reid, Heather; Thompson, Maggie; Zanda, Antionette; Hercus, Pat
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Series: 
Vol. 2 No. 2
Date: 
1986-06
Pages: 
8
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A newsletter produced by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). This issue includes: Aspartame- Not such a sweet deal!; Poverty in BC- Educational material available; High-Tech hazards- The electronics industry; Midwifery I the Americas; Laser Hysterectomy- Approval sought for new technology; Dalkon Shield- The story continues; El Salvador- Women Organize for Health Care; Health Shorts; Announcements and Notices
Keywords: 
women and health; women's health; aspartame; health risks; poverty; unemployment; welfare; social determinants of health; toxic chemicals; workplace; worker's rights; women and work; women and technology; midwifery; legalization; hysterectomy; Dalkon Shield; women's organizations; health care; depression; cancer; Disabled Women's Network (DAWN); abortion; blood; education; book review

Healthmatters

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Clough, Annette; Hluchy, Cathy; Mintzes, Barbara; Penrowley, Colleen; Prosser, Susan; Thompson, Maggie
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Series: 
Vol. 2 No. 1
Date: 
1986-03
Pages: 
6
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A newsletter produced by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). This issue includes: Copper 7 IUD- Withdrawn from US Market; Asbestos- Deadly Magic; Health Collective Needs your Support; "At Any Cost"- The Dalkon Shield Story; Health Shorts; Announcements and Notices
Keywords: 
women and health; women's health; intra uterine devices (IUDs); infertility; asbestos; women's organizations; funding cuts; Dalkon Shield; health risks; women with "substance use problems"; addictions; midwifery; caesarean sections; primary health care; book review

Healthmatters

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Clough, Annette; Hluchy, Cathy; Mintzes, Barb; Penrowley, Colleen; Rines, Barb; Sinclair, Margaret; Satterfield, Terre; Thompson, Maggie; Zaback, Lorna
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Series: 
Vol. 1 No. 4
Date: 
1985-12
Pages: 
8
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A newsletter produced by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). This issue includes: Depo Provera- Would you take this drug?; Polycystic Ovarian Disease- What is it?; Anorexia nervosa- Compliance or Defiance?; The Yeast Connection- Candida albicans; Health Shorts; Midwifery in British Columbia; Demystifying Menopause; Announcements and Notices
Keywords: 
women and health; women's health; Depo Provera; birth control; anorexia nervosa; eating disorders; doctors; infertility; vaginal health; polycystic ovarian disease; abortion; AIDS; menopause; midwifery; pregnancy; Estrogen Replacement Therapy (ERT); herbal; alternative therapy; self help; book review

Healthmatters

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Crouse, Tina; Hlucky, Cathy; Mintzes, Barb; Penrowley, Colleen; Rines, Barb; Thompson, Maggie; Zaback, Lorna
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Series: 
Vol. 1 No. 3
Date: 
1985-09
Pages: 
6
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A newsletter produced by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). This issue includes: Toxic Shock Syndrome- Still With Us; Health Collective Update- National Networking; Dalkon Shield- The Plot Thickens; Reproductive Technologies- Who's In Control; Apartheid and Health; Health Shorts; Announcements and Notices
Keywords: 
women and health; women's health; toxic shock syndrome; Dalkon Shield; birth control; new reproductive technologies; South Africa; apartheid; infertility; self help; workshop; Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID); smoking; hysterectomy; gender-based analysis; poverty; mental health; book review

Healthmatters

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Barnett, Robin; Clough, Annett; Feindel, Ann; Mintzes, Barbara ; Penrowley, Colleen; Thompson, Maggie
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Series: 
Vol. 1 No. 2
Date: 
1985-06
Pages: 
6
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A newsletter produced by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). This issue includes: Smoking and Women- Not Really a Choice; Chlamydia and Abnormal Paps; Mysterious Language- What is your doctor talking about?; Global View of Disability; Premenstrual Syndrome- Latest Information; AIDS Goes Straight; Announcements and Notices
Keywords: 
women and health; women's health; smoking; women with disabilities; cancer; addictions; health risks; gender-based analysis; feminists; stress; self-help; social determinants of health; Chlamydia; sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs); pap test; doctors; patients' rights; rights; malnutrition; developing countries; premenstrual Syndrome (PMS); nutrition; AIDS; women and HIV/AIDS

Healthmatters

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Series: 
Vol. 1 No. 1
Date: 
1985-03
Pages: 
6
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A newsletter produced by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). This issue includes: Endometriosis: Comprehensive Information at Last!; Osteoporosis- What's Really Going on?; Abandoning High-tech Increases Survival Rate in Columbia; Improved Condom Withheld; Contraceptive Sponge: Proceed with Caution; Ultrasound: A Growing Concern; Health Collective Expands Focus; DES Update; DES Daughter Wins Lawsuit; Announcements and Notices
Keywords: 
women and health; women's health; endometriosis; osteoporosis; birth control; Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID); ultrasound; DES exposure; DES daughters; gender-based analysis; prevention; menopause; third world; Toxic Shock Syndrome; health risks; pregnancy; self-help; workshop; social determinants of health; facilitation; breast cancer; book review

Women's Health

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Date: 
1981
Pages: 
8
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A newsletter produced by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). This issue includes: Safe and Effective Birth Control Does Exist!; Birth Control Pills; IUD's; Alternatives; Read all about it…; Announcements and Notices
Keywords: 
women and health; women's health; birth control; gender-based analysis; feminists; reproductive health; Depo Provera; intra uterine devices; Dalkon Shield; birth control pill; health risks; alternative therapy; diaphragm; condoms; fertility; health information dissemination; women's organizations; self help; newsletter; counselling; research; support groups

Our Newsletter

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Breen, Mary; Fox, Morgan; Conn, Melanie; Lunam, Margaret; Ryan, Nancy; Darlene S.
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Series: 
Vol. 1 No. 3
Date: 
1974-03
Pages: 
9
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A newsletter produced by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). This issue includes: The Foulkes Report; A Year After Visiting China; Statement from the BC Committee to Defend Dr. Morgentaler; Alternatives to Obstetrical Nursing; Community Radio; Ms-Information; The Vancouver Emotional Emergency Centre; Our Vancouver Herstory; Book Review: Vaginal Politics; Book Review: The Nature and Evolution of Female Sexuality; The Diaphragm, and Effective Method of Birth Control; A letter from Peggy from Newfoundland; Announcements and Notices
Keywords: 
self help clinic; self help; abortion; Dr. Morgentaler; sexuality; diaphragm; birth control; menopause; politics; health care; women and health; women's health; gender-based analysis; doctors; The Foulkes Report; BC health system; lay health workers; pro choice; feminists; counselling; women's health movement; newsletter; book review

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