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"'Tis But a Scratch": a generation of women has been deprived of hormone therapy
Menopause, the journal of the Menopause Society, published a scathing review of the WHI, whose misinterpreted data ground to a halt the prescribing of…
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Could Used Coffee Grounds Protect Brain Cells?
A new study out of UT El Paso has discovered that a substance derived from spent coffee grounds has the potential to prevent neurodegenerative diseases…
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When Emily Met Evan
Emily Halpern, screenwriter of BOOK SMART and 80 FOR BRADY, describes--hilariously--how pus played a starring role in her own love story.
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My Car Crash Confirmed That the Absence of Female Crash Test Dummies Remains an Ongoing Health Hazard for Women
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The Quietest Paperback Release Ever
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PSA: Your AirPods Pro are Hearing Aids
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Shamed by a Doctor
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"The Retrievals" is Vital Listening
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Op-Ed in Today's Daily Beast
We need to talk about the cost of caretaking in America--as much a part of healthcare as drugs, doctors, and hospitals--and about how our government is…
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The Quietest Paperback Release Ever
If a paperback falls in the forest, and no one hears it, does it even exist? (Yes! It exists! And I'm asking for your help getting it into bookstores…
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What's in a Name?
A rose may still smell as sweet, named or not, but for the love of god & women's health why not speak, out loud, the names of ailments that originate in…
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What's Love Got to Do With It?
Everything, according to a growing body of scientific research. Including our physical health and well-being. Some notes from the field, one year after…
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EMDR Blew My Mind. Literally.
I was stuck. That is to say my brain was stuck in a recurring PTSD loop. I couldn't get the image of my car crash out of my head. I couldn't sleep. I…
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"Osteoporosis is the silent killer"
Dr. Mary O'Connor wants you to think about bone health today, before it's too late. Actually yesterday would be better. A conversation I wish I'd had…
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"The Retrievals" is Vital Listening
After more than two dozen people, both readers and friends, kept sending me the same link to "The Retrievals," I finally put on my headphones. And felt…
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