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Jun 6, 2023·edited Jun 6, 2023Liked by Ted Balaker

Really interesting (and ghastly). The Q&A format was especially helpful in getting the key points across.

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Thanks, Susette and good point about the Q&A format. Especially important for such a multifaceted topic like eugenics.

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Lynn Payer's classic Medicine and Culture looks at how culture drives medical procedures. Hysterectomies for minority women continue apace. African-American and Hispanic women are far more likely to have hysterectomies, even as minimally invasive embolization procedures are available (in France and by French-trained doctors). Partly due to obesity, but "The size and growth rates of fibroids are greater in African American women, and they are more likely to undergo surgical intervention than other racial groups." The Health Disparities of Uterine Fibroids for African American Women: A Public Health Issue https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3874080/. And on Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE) https://www.pennmedicine.org/for-patients-and-visitors/find-a-program-or-service/interventional-radiology/uterine-fibroid-embolization#:~:text=Uterine%20fibroid%20embolization%20is%20a,is%20blocked%2C%20making%20them%20shrink.

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Wow, thanks for that, Greg. Will check it out.

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