Posts tagged: healthcare

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"Why" is a Weak Question

Nov 14, 2024 / Myriam-Fernanda AD / Our Folks

Larger systemic anxieties are at the heart of mine and others fear for having kids. ‘Why are people having fewer babies?’ A question posed more … Read More

Weight, What? How Fatphobia Impacts Reproductive Care

Sep 29, 2020 / Nneka Ewulonu / Our Folks

Fatphobia, the institutional bias against plus-size bodies, is rampant in the way we view ourselves and each other. Popular culture depicts the slim woman, (size … Read More

Abortion Shouldn't Be Rare and It Isn't

Sep 04, 2019 / Katerina Tsvetkova / Our Folks

From the most recent data available from the Guttmacher Institute and the American Journal of Public Health, approximately 1 in 4 women will have had … Read More

Supporting Sexual Health Care in Kansas Starts with Education

Sep 07, 2017 / Dené Dryden / Our Folks

Last week, I attended the Protecting Sexual Health in Kansas forum at Kansas State University. Speakers Jennifer Greene, director of the Riley County Health Center, … Read More

Tell Me I Look Sexy With My IUD Strings Pushed Back: Let's Chat About IUDs

Sep 01, 2017 / Reilly Wieland / Our Folks

Let me tell you a true story: I took the birth control pill for less than a month, and it made me feel horrendous. I … Read More

Tale of Two Hospitals: How Failing to Expand Medicaid Hurts Kansans

Apr 19, 2017 / Rachel Bezek / Our Folks

Healthcare has been a national conversation for years now, going back and forth as the most talked about topic for Americas. Republicans have structured their … Read More

In Favor of a Full Bush: Why I Want Healthcare Education to include Pubes

Sep 12, 2016 / Micaela Elizabeth Canales / Our Folks

This past week, as a part of my first official semester in nursing school, I learned how to insert a urinary catheter. A urinary catheter … Read More

Chubby Not Chastity: Guess What? I’m Fat and Want Plan B

Sep 08, 2016 / Kenyetta Whitfield / Our Folks

During finals week this past April, I found myself slumped over a frequently dying PC, empty Starbucks double shots and a series of text messages … Read More

Perspective: It's Time to Allow Foreign Doctors to Provide Care

Mar 21, 2016 / Jason T. Frost / Our Folks

Though many religious leaders say it is not required given the circumstances, diabetic and pregnant Muslims often try to celebrate Ramadan with both fasting and prayer. … Read More

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