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The GDP Lie: Why Economic Health Indicators Are Gaslighting You (And How to Opt Out)
Flip on the news. Any channel. The pundits are practically throwing confetti. The stock market just hit another all-time... [...]
The Ghost of Your Husband Is Hiding in the Exam Room
Most people assume the legal ghost of coverture - that hideous notion that a wife is merely the property of her spouse -... [...]
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Career
The "Soft Skills" Trap: Why Empathy Is Actually a Hard Financial Metric
I hate the term "soft skills." It sounds like a corporate retreat activity invol... [...]
Cars
The Silent Wealth Killer: The Real Cost of Car Ownership Explained
Most of us think we know exactly what our vehicles cost us. We look at the month... [...]
Health
Why Your Ovaries Are Now Proprietary Corporate Data
I was sitting at a remarkably loud bistro last Tuesday with my friend Elena - a... [...]
Reproductive Ethics
The Coldest Storage: Why I Am Terrified of the Embryo Limbo
I was staring into my freezer yesterday - which is currently a graveyard for a s... [...]
Global & Public Health
The Impossible Choice and the Plastic Ceiling of Refugee Healthcare
I was sitting in a makeshift clinic constructed from corrugated metal and heavy duty plastic sheetin... [...]
Clinical Research & Data
Why Minority Women Are Ghosting Clinical Trials And Why That Is Killing Us
I am currently finishing a rather generous glass of Pinot Noir while contemplating my neighbor, Mrs.... [...]
Career
The "Safe" Job Is Dead: Why You Need Multiple Income Streams Now
Most of us grew up with a single script that was drilled into our heads from kindergarten. Go to school, get a "good" job, stay there for forty years, and retir... [...]
Global & Public Health
The Clinical Cold Shoulder and Why Your Doctor Should Not Be Your Judge
I knew a woman named Sarah once. Sarah is a sex worker, a reality she tends to bury at the bottom of... [...]
Clinical Research & Data
The Uterus Is Not A Luxury Item And Other Medical Realities We Ignore
I am the undisputed king of expensive blunders, ranging from a brief, tragic attempt at alpaca farmi... [...]
Bodily Autonomy & Consent
The Hospital Room is Not a Courtroom: My Friend Julianne and the Right to Say No
I was sitting in a hospital cafeteria three years ago with my friend Julianne - a woman who possesse... [...]
Health
The "Normal" Trap: Why A Comprehensive Metabolic Panel Is The Real Health Hack
You leave the clinic. You feel relief - and maybe grab a celebratory coffee on the drive home. Becau... [...]
Mental Health & Neuroethics
The Theater of the Absurd: Why Your Doctor Is Not Listening and How to Fix It
You are perched atop a sheet of crinkly parchment in a room that reeks of industrial citrus and supp... [...]
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