Unpopular Science
Jennifer Block, Amy RomanoA space devoted to acknowledging, interrogating, and discussing evidence that complicates social, cultural, and even medical consensus.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Monthly |
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| Issues | 11 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 21 days ago |
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Was the Little Pink Pill a Victim?
I have a new piece up at The Free Press about the drug Addyi, which also stars in the new documentary The Pink Pill: Sex, Drugs & Who Has Control, streaming on Paramount+.
Funny story that you won’t find in the piece: I received an invita...
The AMA axed the "bundled" maternity payment. What it means, with insider Amy Romano
Last year, a very big thing happened behind the scenes in US healthcare: the American Medical Association (AMA), which plays an enormous role in determining how clinicians’ services are valued and paid for, announced it would be breaking up...
Special Report, part two: Is the law of informed consent 'all in our heads'?
The defense's star expert witness misinforms the jury about what the law requires of doctors. It's a mess the judge has to "clean up."
Special Report: An Oregon trial reveals how hospitals stand by coerced cesareans
Facing a malpractice claim of violating a patient's rights, Good Samaritan of Corvallis gives the "Everybody's doing it" defense. First of two parts.
Women are suffering and dying in hospitals, but let's spend a year investigating "wild" births
There’s a story rocking the maternal health world, one that comes back around every few years: women who decide they’re better off giving birth on their own, without a doctor or midwife—what used to be known as “unassisted birth” and now go...
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I am an independent journalist focused on questions of medical practice and evidence, public and personal health, polarization and politicization of science, conflicts of interest, and abuses of power.
Midwifing the system at the intersection of care and capitalism.
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