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1 week ago |
forbes.com | Eva Epker
When she was just 34 years old, Sue Paxman was diagnosed with breast cancer. As she started treatment, she experienced a side effect that 65% of chemotherapy patients face: chemotherapy-induced alopecia (CIA) or hair loss. “The most common theme we hear from people…is that it is ‘not just hair’. It goes so much deeper than that, and it is not vanity!” said Richard Paxman, CEO of Paxman Scalp Cooling.
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3 weeks ago |
forbes.com | Eva Epker
“Net worth”, “husband”, and “LinkedIn”: a recent study found that these three terms were the most common Google searches regarding female CEOs. In fact, queries about a female CEO’s spouse and family were 216% and 130% more common, respectively, than those same queries for a male CEO. In contrast, searches for a male CEO’s salary and education were 169% and 61% more common, respectively, than those same searchers for a female CEO.
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1 month ago |
forbes.com | Eva Epker
In 1894, a statue of Dr. James Marion Sim was erected in New York’s Bryant Park. It aimed to recognize the figure known as the “Father of Modern Gynecology” - but it didn’t consider the methods he used and the Black women he exploited in order to make those very same contributions. Dr. Sims experimented on up to 12 enslaved Black women: Lucy, Betsey, Anarcha, and nine others whose names remain unknown.
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1 month ago |
forbesargentina.com | Eva Epker
"Cuando me mudé a Estados Unidos, jamás cuestioné a mis médicos. Creía que el sistema de salud estadounidense era el mejor del mundo, así que si me recetaban algo, lo tomaba", contó Mila Magnani. El resultado fue una cantidad de pastillas que tomó durante toda su adolescencia: antibióticos para el acné, antidepresivos para regular el ánimo, anticonceptivos para el ciclo y espironolactona para el vello facial.
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1 month ago |
forbes.com | Eva Epker
“When I moved to the U.S., I never questioned my doctors. I believed the American healthcare system was the best in the world—so if something was prescribed, I took it,” explained Mila Magnani. The result was a flurry of pills that she took throughout her teen years: antibiotics for acne, antidepressants for mood regulation, birth control for her cycle, and spironolactone for facial hair.
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