Word: healthly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...action is a victory for feminist health leaders, who initiated the decade-long campaign to approve the cap. Cervical covers date back more than 2,500 years, and have been made from materials as varied as opium, gold and ivory. Dr. Friedrich Wilde, a German gynecologist, developed the modern rubber version in 1838, and it quickly gained widespread popularity in Europe. In the U.S., however, it never caught on, mainly because Margaret Sanger, a pioneer in family planning in the 1900s, favored the diaphragm...
...abnormal Pap tests, a possible sign of infection as well as cervical cancer. Consequently, the FDA recommends that the cap be prescribed only for women with normal Pap smears. It also suggests that a Pap test be performed after three months of cap usage. Even so, researchers see no health drawbacks to the cervical cap. However, they are quick to note that the newly approved contraceptive will not be for everyone; some women, for example, may find the device difficult to insert and remove and may prefer to use a diaphragm or other form of birth control. Says Gynecologist Gerald...
...relative inattention to women's health seems a contradiction, given the state's emphasis on childbearing. Yet gynecologic care is lacking. New mothers tell of unsanitary conditions and inadequate care. "I was at one of the best maternity hospitals in Moscow, but it was dirty," complains a 29-year-old woman. "The mothers all had caked breasts, and the toilet was filthy." Adds an employee of a maternity house in the capital: "Women in labor are treated like cattle. There's one midwife for every 15 women." Alexander Baranov, a Deputy Minister of Health, admitted in a recent newspaper interview...
...dismiss such distress as hypochondria, but no longer. Increasingly, the grousing is considered to signal a real problem: indoor air pollution, or, as it is widely known, sick-building syndrome. Says Eileen Claussen, an official of the Environmental Protection Agency: "Pollutants in the indoor environment can cause a serious health risk...
...third of U.S. buildings are considered "sick": they contain areas in which more than 20% of employees suffer acute discomfort that is often eased when they leave the premises. "SBS sneaks up on you," says Research Scientist Michael McCawley of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Predicts McCawley: "Office air quality will be one of the big problems of the 1990s...