The Mountain Life

Is the History of Women's Health Riddled with Misdiagnosis and Myths?


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On The Mountain Life , Lynn speaks with Elinor Cleghorn, who shares a trailblazing, conversation-starting history of misdiagnosis and myths in women’s health. In Cleghorn’s case, for a decade she was told her symptoms were anything from psychosomatic to a possible pregnancy. As she learned to live with her unpredictable disease, she turned to history for answers and found what appeared to be a legacy of suffering, mystification, and misdiagnosis. Cleghorn breaks all this down in her new book,
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The Mountain LifeBy Lynn Ware Peek, Mary Beth Maziarz

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