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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.

Survivor's guilt

Why Am I Here? Thoughts on Survivor’s Guilt

by Kerry Gretchen
July 25, 2016
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“I’m so glad to see you. I didn’t think you were going to make it.”If you’ve read my story, you may remember

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hormonal birth control

5 Surprising Reasons Not to Use Hormonal Birth Control

by Kerry Gretchen
June 29, 2016
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The following is a list of some the health factors that increase your risk of side effects from taking hormonal birth control.

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The Pill and Weight Gain

Weight Gain and Hormonal Contraceptives

by Kerry Gretchen
June 8, 2016
6070 views

Once upon a time, a 26-year-old woman went to her doctor and asked to be put on the new birth control pill

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death by hormonal birth control

Sharing My Story, Feeding the Hope

by Kerry Gretchen
May 31, 2016
6089 views

When I took this job—combing through the Nelson Pill Hearings, researching and writing about the risks with hormonal birth control, working on

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birth control pill risk label

Risk Communication and Hormonal Contraceptives

by Kerry Gretchen
May 19, 2016
4918 views

When it comes to the dangers associated with hormonal contraceptives, how is risk communicated to women? Back in the 1960s when the pill

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Power Gained

Patients Are Not Statistics: The Case for Personal Stories in Medical Research

by Kerry Gretchen
May 11, 2016
4076 views

Lucine Health Sciences and Hormones Matter have begun an important new research project to investigate the relationship between hormonal birth control and

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Stroke

5 Things Not to Say to a Stroke Survivor

by Kerry Gretchen
May 5, 2016
7931 views

Before I had a stroke at 28 from hormonal birth control (you can read my story here), I didn’t really know what

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Women Unite

Being a Feminist: Hormonal Birth Control Not Required

by Kerry Gretchen
April 27, 2016
8680 views

Before I get further into dissecting the Nelson Pill Hearings I want to pause and talk about feminism and my intent for

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