• more about #christianenorthrup
    Chamalla,barren crone: My fibroids almost killed me and cost me my uterus. In addition to no longer being able to have an opinion on women's health (b/c opinions on abortion... more »
    tscheese: Scienceblogs and Jezebel and evidence-based medicine and science!? I AM HAVING A SKEPTICAL SQUEAL-GASM. It's like the collision of my fave blogs. more »
    cynicalbeatle: Eh. I have one of her books and she is not at all advocating her theories IN PLACE OF conventional or any other medicine. "Expressing emotions and cre... more »
    SweetIo: Aw, this makes me think of all the people who tell me to relax and I'll get pregnant! Because it's clearly just me being stressed that keeps my husban... more »
    Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: sadly, that's not a "new message." more »
    MilointheMeadow: AHAHA! Idiot. Fibroids are directly related to estrogen levels and 80 percent of women over a certain age have them. They increase in size and occur... more »
    stoprobbers: I don't know if it's mysoginist, but it sure as hell is batshit crazy. more »
    raphaela: I'll give you that dissatisfaction in life can lead to overusing certain chemicals and depleting the adrenals and/or thyroid, which will definitely le... more »
    Easybreezy: This little light of mine! I'm gonna let it shine! I had no idea that song was about boobs. more »
    BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): Hey, if anyone needs a tit glow, I can just bend over and you can bathe in the soothing light which emanates form the happy gnome who lives in my butt... more »
    onydchic: My aunt died last week from complications from fibroids, a few months after finally adopting a baby girl and getting a new job and professional qualif... more »
    saintbernadette: The food I had at our lunch meeting gave me gas. Is that kinda the same thing? more »
    morninggloria: Jezebel vs. Oprah is going to be BIBLICAL. more »
    BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): You know Dr. Northrup - I have found that pains in my emotional asshole may result when bullshit flows into my ears. more »
    nessalicious: I think it's a really nice idea to use positive visualisation if you're sick, as it could maybe help you cope with your illness better. However using ... more »
    somedisaster: I'm all for the provision of more comprehensive care than just treating apparent physical symptoms- I think there sometimes there are underlying menta... more »
    dissolver: Meh... I agree that it's a little silly to promote alternative medicine to the extent that Oprah tends to, but "misogynistic" is taking it too far. It... more »
    NellMood: My mom used to have a book by someone- not this woman, I don't think- who spoke very similarly. The book's premise was that every illness we have is s... more »
    SpasticFurchild: I just hate how EVERY TIME Oprah has this woman on her show, people come into the bookstore I work at looking for this lady's books. The same thing wi... more »
    Flackette Goes Retro: Or uterine fibroids could be hereditary. My family and all the women in it say "fuck you" to this idea that we somehow have caused our uteri to rebel ... more »
  • #missdiagnosis

    Is Oprah's Women's Health Advisor A Misogynist?

    According to PalMD, Oprah advisor Dr. Christiane Northrup's alternative ideas about women's health are actually misogynist. More »