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Category: Public Health, Medicine, and Science
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Thinking of using that refund check for some plastic surgery? Laurie Essig explains how the plastic surgery finance industry makes it possible for people to get surgery they can ill afford.
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While fights over funding for women’s health rage in our nation’s capitol and state houses across the country, a more violent threat persists for abortion providers.
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It’s not just the worker’s rights: women’s reproductive rights are also under attack in Wisconsin.
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How did an organization that was supported by Barry Goldwater and Harry Truman become demonized by the GOP? Carole Joffe looks at the politics of defunding Planned Parenthood.
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Terry Galloway talks about her cochlear implant surgery and how it felt to hear her mother’s voice for the first time in 51 years.
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In an excerpt from her book, Terry Galloway discusses lip-reading, special education, and being Little-d deaf.
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Terry Galloway talks about how her life may or may not change when her hearing is restored.
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Carole Joffe looks at the broader issues at stake for reproductive health when “rogue clinics” are allowed to operate.
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While the medical establishment credits aggressive early disease detection as the cause of improved public heath, it is in fact the reason so many of us are told we are sick.
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Laurie Essig, author of American Plastic: Boob Jobs, Credit Cards, and Our Quest for Perfection discusses the cultural and financial issues that underlie a $12 billion dollar a year industry.
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