Unwell Women
It is then fair to assume that most of what we know about health is actually specific to men. Comparably, we know very little about women’s health.
Beatrice Aliprandi • In a man’s world, female healthcare is a missed opportunity. Period.
WOMEN HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HEALERS. THEY WERE THE unlicensed doctors and anatomists of Western history. They were abortionists, nurses, and counselors. They were pharmacists, cultivating healing herbs and exchanging secrets of their uses. They were midwives, travelling from home to home and village to village. For centuries women were doctors without d
... See moreDeirdre English • Witches, Midwives, & Nurses (Second Edition): A History of Women Healers (Contemporary Classics)
Hormone production is intimately affected by psychological stress. Women have always known that emotional stress affects their ovarian function and their menstrual cycles—excessive stress may even inhibit menstruation.