Litsy

The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts | Mary Claire Haver, MD

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Conversations about menopause are *finally* becoming more common, but we need more of a push in the medical community to study the effects and potential treatments for it, instead of writing off all the symptoms as "just something you have to go through." ⬇️

staci.reads As someone who was put into sudden, forced menopause 17 months ago after a radical hysterectomy, I am concerned about my increased risk for things such as heart disease, stroke, and osteoporosis. This book does a great job of laying out all the issues menopause can cause and the various ways to treat it, including a serious, research-based discussion of HRT. I highly recommend this to all women experiencing perimenopause or postmenopause. 5d

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Elysia.Official

In Stitches | Nick Edwards

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Amazing. Very funny and informative

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keepingupwiththepenguins

This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor | Adam Kay

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After watching every single season of Grey‘s Anatomy at least a half-dozen times over, I‘m practically a doctor myself, but Kay offers a very different view of working in medicine than Meredith Grey and her friends. Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/this-is-going-to-hurt-adam-kay/

CarolynM I enjoyed this one. I‘m thinking of going to his show at the Melbourne Comedy Festival. 1w

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OrangeMooseReads

The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine | Janice P. Nimura

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This was interesting Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman admitted to medical school in the states, her sister Emily followed a few years later. Emily had a harder time being taken seriously and being able to complete her degree. They focused on women‘s health not totally by choice. They opened what would become the first women‘s hospital in NYC.
They had their flaws.
I could used more, not sure what more just more.
Worth the read and time.

kspenmoll Stacked! 3w

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OrangeMooseReads

The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine | Janice P. Nimura

If you‘ve followed me for long you know I love a strong, badass woman and the (white) woman admitted to medical school would fall into that category. The fact that the male students agreed to admit her as a joke and then she was a damned good student and earned the respect of her fellow students and instructors, perfect.
I‘ll probably finish this tomorrow.

LoverOfLearning Sounds like a read me and my bookclub would so enjoy! 4w

OrangeMooseReads @LoverOfLearning it‘s interesting 4w

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LiseWorks

Hearts: Of Surgeons and Transplants, Miracles and Disasters Along the Cardiac Frontier | Thomas Thompson

February 18th #FeelinTheLove Hearts 💕 @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

tpixie Lovely 💜 4w

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Mollyanna

The Girl in His Shadow: A Novel | Audrey Blake

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This was a low pick for me. The story of Nora Beady, who is brought into the home of Dr. Croft after her family has died due to cholera. Dr. Croft sees the potential in Nora and teaches her the medical sciences.

I liked Nora and her story, but the novel dragged in parts. I felt Nora‘s connection to Dr. Croft and Mrs. Pruitt, but struggled with her “romantic” relationships. There is a sequel, and I‘ll read it to find out what happens to Nora.

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Elysia.Official

This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor | Adam Kay

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Great book. Balances the tragedy and comedy really well to make it very interesting to us mere mortals who don‘t see all of the medical world. Highly recommend.

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