Episode description
Join April and Kimberly as they speak with Mike Gaskin, the author of "In The Name of The Pill".
An excerpt from the back cover:
"Fifty years passed between the time Dr. Kassouf and Dr. Reitzschel expressed their concerns about hormonal birth control.
The decades between saw The Pill linked to ailments as diverse as:
Breast Cancer
Lupus
Thyroid Disease
Blood Clots
Infertility
Diabetes
Suicide
Multiple Sclerosis
Crohn's Disease
Migraines
Strokes
Heart Disease
Hair Loss
This book examines the powerful forces that came together to give us birth control before it was proven safe, exposes the deceptive used to keep us in the dark, and explores the numerous chronic and deadly ways women's health has been sacrificed "In The Name of The Pill".