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Jen Gunter
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Jen Gunter's personal blog at drjengunter.wordpress.com covers health, science and culture. Since 2014, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times. The last post was in 2021, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Dr Jen Gunter, a gynecologist, writes posts critiquing health claims and products, such as Goop, LOONCUP and medical tests. HN readers cite these posts on those topics.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Wielding the Lasso of Truth I am an OB/GYN, pain medicine physician, and two time NY Times best selling author. I write a lot about sex, science, and social media, but sometimes I write about other things on my substack blog, because, well, why not? Find out more NY Times Best Selling Author! BLOOD
What Hacker News says?
This piece by Dr Jen Gunter provides some better perspective on this study I think: https://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2016/11/01/new-study-doesn... Short version: The study is interesting but the early termination is largely ethics review working as intended and does not mean that all research into this method is terminated or that the results weren't promising.
Comment linking /2016/11/01/new-study-doesnt-show-men-are-wimps-about-contraception-side-effects-low-vasectomy-rate-might/
on “Male birth control study cut short as some participants experience side effects”Submitted An American Doctor Experiences the NHS Again as a story · 248 points
HN discussionDr Jen Gunter's blog is pretty entertaining: https://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2017/05/22/dear-gwyneth-pa... https://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2017/07/14/goops-misogynis... > The editors at GOOP find me “strangely confident” in my “assertion that putting a crystal in your vagina for pelvic-floor strengthening exercises would put you in danger of getting Toxic Shock Syndrome—even though there is no study/case/report…
Comment linking /2017/07/14/goops-misogynistic-mansplaining-hit-job/
on “Defense of Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop offers case study on how to sell snake oil”Submitted An American doctor experiences an NHS emergency room as a story · 58 points
HN discussionEven blood tests are unreliable. IIRC, IgG tests are quite reliable but not every clinic does them. Many clinics default to an IgM test, which are useless[0]. The gold standard here is the Western Blot test [0]: https://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/igm-blood-test-...
Comment linking /2013/06/17/igm-blood-test-for-herpes-just-say-no/
on “Herpes Virus Reactivation in Astronauts During Spaceflight”Submitted I reviewed all 161 of GOOP’s wellness products for pseudoscience as a story · 36 points
HN discussionI somehow missed this. What a jerk. https://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2011/06/03/john-edwards-in...
Comment linking /2011/06/03/john-edwards-indicted-by-grand-jury-obgyns-everywhere-rejoice/
on “A Fear of Lawsuits Really Does Seem to Result in Extra Medical Tests”LOONCUP the “Smart” menstrual cup is a Kickstarter Staff Pick. A GYN says it’s all wrong - https://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2015/10/10/looncup-the-sma...
Comment linking /2015/10/10/looncup-the-smart-menstrual-cup-is-a-kickstarter-staff-pick-a-gyn-says-its-all-wrong/
on “LOONCUP – The world's first SMART menstrual cup”As the blog post[1] criticizing Paltrow (which was written by a gynecologist and linked from the WaPo article) says, it's not something that should be done continuously, all day long: > Overenthusiastic Kegel exercises or incorrectly done Kegel exercises are a cause of pelvic pain and pain with sex in my practice. Imagine how your biceps muscle (and then your shoulders and then your back) might feel if you walked ar…
Comment linking /2017/01/17/dear-gwyneth-paltrow-im-a-gyn-and-your-vaginal-jade-eggs-are-a-bad-idea/
on “No, Gwyneth Paltrow, women should not put jade eggs in their vaginas”
