Author Archives: Azra

Over at Colorlines, Julianne Hing has an interview with Professor Dorothy Roberts on her new book, Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the 21st Century.  The premise of the book examines how scientists still focus … Continue reading →

Earlier this month DoubleX featured Mara Hvistendahl’s new book, Unnatural selection: choosing boys over girls, and the consequences of a world full of men, as their book of the week. In DoubleX’s overview, Rachael Larimore says: But what makes Hvistendahl’s … Continue reading →

Welcome to Broad Street Book Nerds. We’re a group of eclectic epidemiologists who started a book club partway through our MPH program: we loved reading for fun and wanted to be able to have honest, informal discussions with each other … Continue reading →

Slate’s DoubleX has an intriguing read on the annual pelvic exam, citing a Journal of Women’s Health article from earlier this year that recommended nixing the annual exam. Here’s a link to the DoubleX article on annual pelvic exams.