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Pelvic mesh exposes misogyny in medicine

Pelvic mesh scandal exposes misogyny in medicine

Guest Blogger6 October 2017

A worldwide medical scandal has not only left hundreds of thousands of women in pain but exposed how deeply entrenched misogyny is in medicine, writes Kate Harveston...

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New feature: Honeymoon cystitis?

Jess McCabe17 August 2010

Cystitis is bad enough, says Hannah Fearn. But why are doctors so dismissive? "Yes, it's just part of being a woman. Don't worry: it'll probably get better onc...

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New feature: What happens when you don’t like what the doctor orders?

Jess McCabe1 May 2010

Bryony Long talks through how she resisted the dubious directions of a doctor in A&E I recently had an adverse reaction to some antibiotics I was prescribed, w...

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