Our Bodies, Ourselves (208 page)

safety at,
708

Home Access HIV-1 Test System,
306

home births,
367
–70,
376
,
393
,
395
,
400
,
414

safety of,
370
,
762

home care,
569
,
570

Homeland Security Department, U.S.,
717

homelessness,
95
,
271
,
790

homeless shelters,
96

home pregnancy tests,
309
–10

home testing, for HIV,
306

homophobia,
94
–96,
148
,
682
–84,
705

homosexuals,
see
gays/homosexuals

“honor” killings,
692

Hooker Chemical,
739
,
755

hooks, bell,
119

hookups,
107
,
134

hormonal birth control,
26
,
210
,
223
–36,
254

desire and,
189

menstrual cycle and,
20
,
223
–24,
225
,
227
,
233
–34,
238
–42

mood changes and,
228

where to get,
224

see also
contraceptive patch; injectable contraceptives; minipills; Pill, the; vaginal ring

hormone replacement therapy (HRT),
535
n
,
538
,
596
,
660

hormones:

asexuality and,
151

breastfeeding and,
450

desire and,
182
–85,
188
–89

gender identity and,
73

infertility and,
482

lubrication and,
177

pregnancy and,
189
,
360
,
408

relationships and,
115
,
116

topics for further study of,
545

transsexuals and,
75
,
77
,
80
–81,
82

weight and,
67

see also specific hormones

hormone therapy (HT),
186
,
603
,
631

bioidentical micronized progesterone,
539
–40

breast cancer and,
see
breast cancer, HT and

brief history and politics of,
535
–37

combination products in,
541
–42,
593

estrogen vaginal rings,
539

lawsuit over safety of,
668

medroxyprogesterone acetate in,
539

menopausal,
512
,
518
,
522
,
532
,
534
–43,
545
,
620

oral estrogen in,
538
,
539
,
545

progesterone cream in,
540
–41

progesterone used alone in,
540

progestin-releasing IUD,
539

progestogens,
539

risk differences in,
538
–42

topics of further study of,
545

transdermal estrogen and,
538
–39,
545

WHI study of,
531
,
535
–40,
542
,
545
,
595
,
596
,
668

hospice facilities,
571
–72

hospitals,
282
,
612
,
633
,
768

abortion in,
317
–18,
334
,
337
,
342

attached to medical schools,
657

birth centers in,
369
,
399

births in,
369
,
371
,
376
,
389
,
393
,
399
,
401
,
406
,
410
,
412
–13,
415
,
421
–22,
762

breast cancer and,
599
–600

Catholic,
336
,
707

childbirth classes in,
383

comparison of,
687

death in,
571
,
572

getting discharged from,
430
–31

mother separated from baby in,
435

movement restricted in,
412
–13

online rating sites for,
367

patient advocates in,
678
,
682

PID and,
623

pregnancy loss and,
462
,
472
–73

rooming in in,
435

social workers in,
679

transparency and,
686
–87

violence and,
286
,
705
–6,
707
,
717

when to go to,
400
,
401

hot flashes,
236
,
456
,
484
,
631

factors involved in,
513
n

in perimenopause and menopause,
506
,
509
,
513
–16,
522
,
524
,
532
,
533
–37,
540
,
544
,
545

strategies to reduce discomfort of,
514

hot water bottles,
331
,
624

household help,
570
–71

housekeeping,
131
,
132

House of Representatives, U.S.,
765
,
771
,
776

housing,
700

aging and,
568
,
570
,
576

lead in,
732
,
734

“How a Bone Disease Grew to Fit the Prescription” (Spiegel),
531

HPV,
see
human papillomavirus

HPV DNA test,
618
,
794

H.R. 3000,
773
,
778

Hudson River,
742

human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG),
467
,
484

human immunodeficiency virus,
see
HIV

human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG),
484

Human Milk Banking Association of North America,
471

human papillomavirus (HPV),
258
,
276
,
290
–300,
766

condoms and,
212
,
266
,
299

HIV and,
304

support groups for,
297

testing for,
40
,
299
–300,
794

transmission of,
88
,
276
,
280
,
299
,
615

treatment of,
279
,
300

vaccination against,
276
,
277
,
288
,
298
,
616
–18,
766
,
794
–95

vulvar cancer and,
636

Human Rights Campaign (HRC),
357
,
683
–84

Human Sexual Response
(Masters and Johnson),
154

human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV),
437

Humegon,
484

Hunter College,
818

Hurt, Byron,
60

Hyde Amendment,
341
,
774
,
775
,
776

hydrocortisone,
47

hydroquinone,
47

hymen,
see
vaginal corona

hymenoplasty,
58

hyperinsulinemia,
648

hyperplasia,
593
,
610
,
629

hypertension,
see
high blood pressure

hypnosis,
413

hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD),
184

hypospadias,
628

hypothyroidism,
624

hysterectomy,
389
,
524
,
536
,
559
,
596
,
609
,
626
–34,
647
,
687

abdominal vs. vaginal,
632
–33

abnormal heavy bleeding and,
512
,
612
,
613
,
629

cervical cancer and,
619
,
629

cervical dysplasia and,
619

endometrial cancer and,
610
–11,
629

endometriosis and,
626
,
629

hyperplasia and,
610
,
629

need for,
629

orgasm and,
157

ovarian cancer and,
620

Pap tests and,
40
,
558
,
630

PID and,
623
,
629

procedures for,
632

risks and complications of,
619
,
631
–32

self-help and,
633
–34

sexuality and,
631
–32

trans men and,
82

hysterosalpingogram (HSG),
483
,
622

hysterosalpingography,
465

hysteroscopy,
465
,
483
,
612
,
613
,
630

I AM A MAN
(documentary),
60

I Am Doctor Tiller,
808
–9,
816

ibuprofen,
26
,
325
,
331
,
432
,
443
,
612

Iceland,
782

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency,
733

illness:

desire and,
151
,
169
,
188

sex and,
521

see also specific illnesses

illness, chronic:

caregivers and,
572

gynecological exam and,
42

old age and,
555
,
556
–57

pregnancy and,
387
–88

as sexual challenge,
189
–97

I Love Female Orgasm
(Solot and Miller),
156

Im, Eun-Ok,
509

image, body,
see
body image

immigrant women,
646
,
681
,
750
,
769

health care reform and,
653
,
654
–55,
759
,
773

violence against,
693
–94,
699
–700,
711
,
716
–17,
789

Immigrant Women Program,
700
,
711

immune system,
615
,
624
,
638
,
734
,
738
,
756

HIV and,
304
,
305
,
615

immunotherapies,
621

Implanon,
236
–38,
251
,
254

implants,
197
,
208
,
209
,
229
,
236
–38

after abortion,
338

implants, breast,
178
,
555
,
605
–7

“Improving the Lives of LGBT Older Adults,”
558

“In Amerika They Call Us Hermaphrodites” (Moreno),
14
–15

incarceration:

health care barriers and,
684
–85

rates of,
282

STIs and,
282
,
283
–84,
766

incest,
342
,
721

abortion and,
774
,
775
,
777

income,
see
earnings

independence,
105
,
150

India,
47
,
247
,
526
–27,
756
–57,
782
,
799
,
823

ART and reproductive tourism in,
804
–5

violence against women in,
788
,
791
–92,
791

Indiana University,
167

Indian Child Welfare Act (1978),
315

Indian Health Service (IHS),
697
,
767

Indigenous Environmental Network,
733

Indonesia,
822
–23

induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells),
803

induction abortion,
325
,
332
–34

infant mortality,
759
,
762
,
764
–65

infants:

early death of,
471

environmental factors and,
734
,
739
,
743

heart defects in,
391

larger-than-average,
385

separation of mothers from,
380

STIs and,
290
–93

vaccination of,
277

see also
newborns

infections,
271
,
462
,
469
,
572
,
687

abortion and,
333
,
336

cervical cancer and,
615

hysterectomy and,
631

labor and,
408
,
417

see also
sexually transmitted infections; urinary tract infections;
specific body parts

infertility,
241
,
474
–502,
622
,
624
,
646
,
650
,
804
–5

adoption and,
356
,
358
,
475

causes of,
476
–78