by Gloria Feldt When it comes to Chris Matthews’s interpretation of Hillary Clinton’s words — any of her words –she’s damned if she yays and damned if she nays. After gloating that a new poll found Clinton losing in a match-up with any one of five Republican presidential candidates, Matthews later in the same program [...]

Have a question about women’s health or menopause? Dr. Patricia Yarberry Allen may have the answer. Click here to send in your question to be posted on WVFC. Question: I am 73 years old, work full time, have happily never married and have a long-term lover and wonderful sex life. I use Vagifem, a form [...]

Predicting Risk of Hip Fracture in Postmenopausal Women: From HealthDay News: "Scientists have developed a model to help doctors predict which postmenopausal women are likely to sustain a hip fracture over a five-year period. The algorithm includes 11 different factors — such as age and family history — and applies to postmenopausal women of different [...]

by Liz Smith | bio The headline, taken from Arthur Miller’s "Death of a Salesman," is something I thought of recently when talking to my great friend Pete Peterson, one of the founders of the Blackstone Financial Group.  He was also the only person ever fired from Richard Nixon’s cabinet when he was head of [...]

In tapping Liz Smith as its first Ann Richards Troublemaker in Residence, Women’s Voices for Change celebrates the glory of women who weren’t born yesterday — and delivers great essays to its readers. by Laura Sillerman | bio Women’s Voices for Change is proud, delighted and whooping with glee as we announce our first Ann [...]

U.S. Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat who represents New York’s 20th district, credits her grandmother, who founded the first women’s Democratic club in the Albany area and was a tireless campaigner for women’s rights, for raising her political consciousness at a very early age. Today Gillibrand is a role model for many women balancing work [...]

Wonder Women’s New Voice: A mere 35 years after Wonder Woman appeared on the first newsstand cover of Ms., a woman is writing the series for DC Comics. George Gene Gustines writes in The New York Times: "I was a hairdresser until a couple of years ago," Gail Simone said. "It took me a long [...]

by Laura Sillerman | bio "You cut the turkey?" This refrain from Barry Levinson’s brilliant film, "Avalon," made its way to our Thanksgiving dinner more than once in the 90s. When the brother who is late complains that the others have begun, he sums up the whole of so many families’ dynamics — the anticipation [...]

by Patricia Yarberry Allen, MD | bio I have finally accepted that I am not a holiday person. Childhood memories of Thanksgiving trips to Grandma’s house do not fill me with joy. There were too many children in that Rambler station wagon, a serviceable vehicle filled with the fruits of my mother’s hours of baking [...]

The L.A. Times today reports on efforts to educate the baby boom generation and their elders about safer sex practices. Though "approximately four times as many HIV diagnoses occurred in people ages 25 to 44 as in those 50 and older, according to a 2005 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention," there [...]