The Shocking Ways Large Women Are Mistreated by Health-Care ProvidersFact: A review of studies published in the journal Obesity Reviews in 2015 surveying empirical evidence across multiple disciplines showed that health care professionals’ negative feelings about fat bodies can lead to misdiagnosis and late or “missed” diagnoses, negatively ( Read more... )

It's been confirmed that Dave's grandpa Andy has kidney cancer, third stage, intruding on a major artery and with the potential to form clots. It cannot be surgically removed because of the artery involvement. He's refusing any other treatments like chemo because of the side effects (he watched his wife go through that ( Read more... )

I guess I was lucky that of all my surgeons, only one was a bigot and he didn't verbally abuse me like this, he only chose not to do a physical exam before or after my gallbladder surgery. But this surgeon--total asshole: http://curvygirlinc.com/fat-shaming-in-the- ( Read more... )

It's like a manifesto, but filled with fat ( Read more... )

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I know I bitch and moan about whatever chronic pain and fatigue I deal with, but I am the picture of health compared to some people and I only have to care for myself ( Read more... )

With thanks to vito_excalibur for passing on the link to this excellent article.

An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All

To hear his enemies talk, you might think Paul Offit is the most hated man in America. A pediatrician in Philadelphia, he is the coinventor of a rotavirus vaccine that could save tens of thousands of lives ( Read more... )

I finally posted about vaccines and misinformation because I reached a critical mass of annoyance ( Read more... )

I am reading a lot of stuff these days about people too afraid to take the H1N1 vaccine, people afraid to give their kids the chicken pox vaccine, the pertussis vaccine, and others ( Read more... )

Recently, a writer I much admire, Fran Varian, posted a moving request to send our love, prayers, candle-burning, spells, good energy, or whatever help we can spare, to a wonderful woman in the poetry community who was just diagnosed with a rare and vicious form of cancer. You can read the details of Gabrielle Bouliane's lifetime contribution to ( Read more... )