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The Gender Studies Program and the Women’s Center at the University of Texas at Dallas
will be co-sponsoring a lecture by
Judy Norsigian
Executive Director and co-founder of the Boston Women's Health Book Collective
Co-author of Our Bodies, Ourselves
“The Impact of the Media on Women’s Health: Sorting Fact from Fiction”
This presentation explores how the media report on selected women’s health concerns. Topics include: body image and cosmetic surgery, pregnancy and childbirth, menopause, tobacco use in women, advertising of prescription and over-the-counter drugs, environmental exposures, and the risks of egg extraction procedures used in infertility clinics and for embryonic stem cell research egg donations. The talk also offers tips for finding reliable women’s health information on the internet.
Judy Norsigian, executive director and a founder of the Boston Women's Health Book Collective, is a co-author of Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause and Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth. Judy speaks and writes frequently on a wide range of women's health concerns. She has appeared on numerous national television and radio programs, including OPRAH, the TODAY show, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, THE EARLY SHOW and NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw. She served on the board of the National Women's Health Network for 14 years and currently serves as a board member for Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research.
The presentation will take place on Thursday 23 October from 6 – 7:15 p.m. in the McDermott Suite (MC4.4, fourth floor of McDermott Library, near the top of the stairs). It is free and open to the public.
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