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RWJF Center for Health Policy at UNM Women’s Health Policy Unit “Stellar Medicine: A Journey through the Universe of Women’s Health” Presented by Saralyn Mark, MD President, SolaMed Solutions, LLC Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine & Ob/Gyn Yale and Georgetown Schools of Medicine Affiliate Professor, George Mason University School of Public Policy Senior Medical Advisor-NASA Monday, July 11, 2011 12:30...

Researchers calculated 133,000 deaths attributable to poverty, and said that factors like poverty and segregation kill people the way smoking and obesity do. Social Ills Like Poverty Can Cause Death, Researchers Say

Women’s Health Today April 22nd 8am I discussed some of the challenges in women’s health and gender specific medicine, new research on clinical trials and women, the Affordable Care Act, and National Women’s Health Week. My guests included Women’s Health 2011 Congress Chair, Dr. Wendy Klein, Federal Drug Administration Research Fellow Rita Poon, sex and gender health policy expert and Women’s Health...

One of the last things I did as Executive Director of the Women’s Health Office was to report policy recommendations about substance abuse and pregnancy to the Legislative Health and Human Services Committee. Some of those recommendations were drafted as legislation and introduced this session: HM13 (Stewart) Gender-specific Treatment Standards HM14 (Chasey) Oversight Memorial SB353(Lopez/WilsonBeffort) Substance Abuse and...

Missed the show on January 21st? Get a podcast here. My guests included Senator Dede Feldman, democrat from Albuquerque, Senator Sue Wilson Beffort, republican from Albuquerque, sex and gender health policy expert and Women’s Health Services research director, Dr. Justina Trott, and Lisa Codispoti, senior counsel at the National Women’s Law Center. On the program, we discussed health care reform and what impacts women the most....