Reproductive Health

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The Government’s Assault on Women’s Health

John M. Grohol, Psy.D. | March 17, 2012

I’m a little confused… I’m not sure where the U.S. Constitution guaranteed the government’s right to interfere with the doctor/patient relationship. Nowhere in this historic document could I find anything about the government’s right to dictate how women’s health and reproductive health (but not men’s) are areas appropriate to government interference. (You won’t find it [...]

Are consumers at the bottom of the evidence pyramid?

e-Patient Dave | March 9, 2010

We’re pleased to present another guest post by Amy Romano, which first appeared on the phenomenal maternity blog Science and Sensibility. See also her newest post, last night, here – including a terrific BlogTalkRadio interview in which she expresses herself on the virtues of Participatory Medicine. I have argued (here and here on e-patients.net, and [...]