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Kerry Gretchen

Kerry Gretchen is a researcher, writer, stroke survivor, and a women's health advocate. She has a master's degree in communication from Clemson University, with a research focus on blood clots and hormonal birth control. When not conducting research or writing about women's health issues, she can be found teaching at the College of Charleston.

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Blinded By Side Effects: Vision and Hormonal Birth Control

by Kerry Gretchen
November 1, 2016
14033 views

I don’t know about you but my vision is pretty important to me. I’m using it right now to type this article.

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Why Medicate When You Can Meditate?

by Kerry Gretchen
October 24, 2016
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When the subject of meditation comes up, I often hear, “I could never do that my mind is always racing.” Mine too!

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The Real Risk Birth Control Study: Take Charge, Find Answers

by Kerry Gretchen
October 18, 2016
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I recently read an article about how fewer women are taking birth control pills now. The article claimed: “The reasons behind the

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Man, girl, and woman

To the Man Laughing on the Trump Tape

by Kerry Gretchen
October 10, 2016
2623 views

“Silence in the face of injustice is complicity with the oppressor.” –Ginetta SaganDear Laughing Man on the Trump tape:It doesn’t matter what

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Birth Control Blood Clot Study

Announcing Phase 2: Birth Control and Blood Clots Study

by Kerry Gretchen
October 6, 2016
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Lucine Health Sciences and Hormones Matter are pleased to announce Phase 2 of The Real Risk Study on birth control and blood

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Compression Socks – Medical Necessity or Athletic Performance Enhancer?

by Kerry Gretchen
September 6, 2016
6097 views

It was years after I had the stroke that I learned that I had also had blood clots in my leg (DVTs).

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Blood Clots: What Women Know Versus What We Should Know

by Kerry Gretchen
August 22, 2016
4810 views

I was on the birth control pill for ten years. I knew that it could cause blood clots in women over 35

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Birth Control

Hormonal Birth Control 46 Years Later- Why Has Nothing Changed?

by Kerry Gretchen
August 2, 2016
3697 views

Over the last several months I have been reading and writing about the Nelson Pill Hearings. I was hired by the late

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