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Letters to Annie: Why Did This Healthy Young Woman Die in Her Sleep?

Letters to Annie: Why Did This Healthy Young Woman Die in Her Sleep?

by guest blogger Diana Zuckerman, PhD, president of the National Center for Health Research There’s a new mystery unfolding online, and reading it could save your life or the life of someone you know. A series of posts on Letters to Annie start with a mother reminiscing in a letter to her daughter, Annie Ammons. […]

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Warning: This Birth Control Product May Be Hazardous to Your Health

Warning: This Birth Control Product May Be Hazardous to Your Health

by guest blogger Diana Zuckerman, PhD, president of the National Research Center for Women & Families “Was I just unlucky, or is this medical product not really safe?” That’s a question I get asked often, and was recently asked about Essure, a “permanent birth control” device made by Bayer. At first it seemed these women […]

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