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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Downplayed distress: Gaslighting in women’s healthcare

Benjamin Pollock April 11, 2023
This epidemic of American women’s symptoms being downplayed is known as medical gaslighting.
Lucas Zhang / DFP Staff

Highway to Health: Collective ignorance contributes to lack of quality in women’s healthcare

Bailey Salimes April 19, 2022
Women’s pain is commonly treated as a mental health condition rather than a physical illness. Physical health concerns must be addressed regardless of whether or not a medical professional believes the patient is experiencing what she says she is experiencing.
vials of blood in a laboratory

BU alumnas spearhead innovations in ovarian health

Divya Sood March 18, 2021
Two BU alumnas and one other partner are the co-founders of AOA — a Boston-based startup working on developing an early stage non-invasive diagnostic test to detect ovarian cancer successfully before the disease worsens.
OP-ED: Remembering person-centered care principles for sexual and reproductive care during this pandemic

OP-ED: Remembering person-centered care principles for sexual and reproductive care during this pandemic

Editors April 14, 2020
Now, amidst the pandemic, negative outcomes and health disparities due to a lack of person-centered care may be exacerbated.

Massachusetts Senate overturns archaic laws concerning women’s health

Jordan Kimmel January 31, 2018

The Massachusetts Senate unanimously passed a bill Thursday opposing outdated statutes affecting a woman’s right to access contraceptives and abortion. It is now awaiting approval in the House of Representatives...

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