A few weeks ago someone suggested I take a look at the book Hot Pants! Do It Yourself Gynecology and Herbal Remedies. After reading all 95 pages a more apt title would be From Camelot to the Clap, Ancient Gynecology for a Modern Woman. A Herbalist and a Radio Activist turn Fables into Feminism. Because that, …
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Dear Gwyneth Paltrow, Once upon a time (okay, last year) you said that anyone who was going to fuck with you had better bring their A game. This, I was led to believe, was a response to concerns that I and others had raised about the quality of the advice and value of the products …
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Gwyneth Paltrow and GOOP are hiring a fact checker because they couldn’t Word Salad their way into a publishing agreement with Condé Nast. Sigh. It is troubling that Paltrow finds medical facts tiresome and old school (per her profile in the New York Times Magazine) and yet wants to help women find good information about health. …
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Dear Science, Today my sons, Oliver and Victor, are 15 years old. It is not a miracle, it is thanks to you. Unable to get pregnant I needed infertility therapy. If you had not isolated the hormones, developed tests, and then designed medications for ovarian stimulation and to trigger ovulation I would never have become …
Using someone's nationality as a reason they may be untrustworthy is not acceptable. It's worse when this idea is promoted by a physician, especially one who has the ear of the President. Yesterday I posted about Dr. Oz devoting time to distinguishing between "real" and "fake" psychics. I know. I'm running out of air quotes. …
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Dr. Oz has been selected by our science loving President to serve on the President's Council for Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. This will allow Dr. Oz to get the White House stamp of approval for his "negative calorie foods" and "belly blasting diets." I am totally sure Dr. Oz will do the right thing to …
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A few days ago I wrote about the British Columbia naturopath, Dr. Anke Zimmermann, who claims to have cured a boy's aggression and fear of monsters, something she called a "rabies state" (no really, she wrote that), with ultra dilute saliva from a rabid dog (no really, she also wrote that). According to Dr. Zimmermann …
The headline just about says it all, but let's unpack it a bit because there are many levels of WTF on display. A friend sent me this link on Facebook. At first I asked if this was from The Onion, because honestly after reading I wasn't sure. But no, Dr. Zimmerman is really a naturopath …
There is an article in Quartz about period pain (menstrual cramps or dysmenorrhea). While I agree many people, especially doctors, don't take painful periods seriously enough I disagree with the assertion that we don't know much about painful cramps. I'm also not a fan of comparing period pain to heart attacks. Heart attacks are not that …
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I went to the GOOP Health event in New York because I know you wanted me to go. Think if it as repayment for every post of mine you liked or shared. I was on the fence about it, but my friend Dara Kass (also a doctor) convinced me to check it out. She said …
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