Randi Hutter Epstein M.D. M.P.H.

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Articles

Essays | Features | Opinion | Profiles | Obituaries | Reviews

ESSAYS

Finding Their Footing
Yale Alumni Magazine


Can Specific Foods or Diets Boost Your Testosterone Levels?
New York Times


Can a Smartwatch Save Your Life?
New York Times


Coronavirus and the Danger of Disbelief
The Yale Review


Living in a House Full of Hormones
New York Magazine, The Cut


The Menopausal Vagina Monologues
New York Times


Diabetes Patients at Risk From Rising Insulin Prices
New York Times


The Highs and Lows of Testosterone
New York Times


The Lore of Labor
New York Times, Sunday Review


Trying to Stop Diabetes Before It Starts
New York Times


ESSAY; Questioning the ‘Deadline’ for Weaning
New York Times


The Novice: Hardly out of Diapers and Now Into Yoga
New York Times


How the Doctor Almost Killed Her Dog
New York Times


On the Fine (and Difficult) Art of Science Writing
LitHub


Is There a Backlash Against Healthy Living?
Washington Post


The Cow Dung Fertility Cure—and other odd adventures in baby-making
Wonders and Marvels


When Running is R Rated
New York Times


The S-Question
San Francisco Book Review


The Dangerous Price of Diabetes: Not What the Pioneering Researchers Predicted
Nursing Clio


London Fertility Treatments a Bargain : Medicine: Would-be parents from U.S. sometimes come to Britain to save a bundle on what they hope will produce another little bundle
Los Angeles Times


MORE STRESS ON MOMS: When babies come in twos or threes, the pressure more than doubles
Washington Post


Why Did She Have Trouble Getting Pregnant?, Jan 18, 2000
Washington Post Health Cover Story


Circumcision Controversy, October 7, 1997
Washington Post


Inside A Breast-Cancer Clinic: How to Choose a Breast Clinic, October, 1997
Ladies’ Home Journal


 

Features

Finding Their Footing May/June 2022
Yale Alumni Magazine


Tapped to Tackle Covid, Jan/Feb 2021
Yale Alumni Magazine


The PTSD Puzzle, Mar/April 2021
Yale Alumni Magazine


Why are coronavirus tests so difficult to produce?
BBC


Does Stress Actually Affect Fertility
New York Times


Ahead of Their Time
Psychology Today


Tinder for Sperm: Even in the Petri Dish, Looks and Athleticism Are Prized
New York Times


How Sex Gets Better When You’re Older
Considerable


IVF for Just 300$ Could be a Reality Soon
Daily Beast


You Don’t Actually Have Cancer
Daily Beast


Your Fetus is an Alien
Slate.com


The Fertility Paradox
Slate.com


The Scent of a Woman: Don’t trust the hype about pheromones and sexual attraction
Slate.com


A Writer Traces Illnesses Back to the Womb
New York Times


Inside Neurosurgery’s Rise
New York Times


Child survivors of the AIDS crisis in Africa
Global Post


Love, Anger and Guilt: Coping With a Child’s Chronic Illness
New York Times


Raiding the Refrigerator, but Still Asleep 
New York Times


What to Do About Swine Flu?
Global Post, PRI


Experts Try Fast-Track Fix for Children With Phobias
New York Times


How Diplomacy in Handling Death Can Save Lives 
New York Times


House Calls: How Physicians Heal Themselves
New York Times


For Muscle Injuries, Many Treatments but Little Evidence 
New York Times


Major Medical Mystery: Why People Avoid Doctors
New York Times


Kids Need Exercise, but What Kind?
New York Times


Infertility. Excess Hair. Unexplained Weight Gain.; Doctors are linking these symptoms to a hormonal imbalance that has severe lifelong consequences. New treatments may provide some relief
Washington Post


Scat, Smelly Crusties! Bathonians Say
LA Times


Opinion

No, We Don’t Know if Vaccines Change Your Period
– New York Times


The unsung heroes of the coronavirus battle: laboratory technicians
– Hartford Courant


Stop Calling Women Hormonal
New York Times


Tracking Sperm donors requires a national Database
Sun Sentinel


It’s Time for an Honest Use of Pesticides
Global Post Opinion, PRI


Hanna Rosin’s XX Factor Blog: Is It Cost-Effective for Insurers to Cover IVF?
Slate.com


Cameras in the Delivery Room?: Should hospitals bar the taking of photos and videos during childbirth?
New York Times


Book Club: Isn’t that an Oxymoron? 
Book Browse — January 17, 2011


Fetal ultrasound and Our Image Oriented Society
KevinMd.com


Analysis: Hope for Mothers Around the World
Global Post


It Can Be Hard to Keep Track of Your Eggs
Global Post, PRI


Cases: So Lucky to Have Given Birth in England
New York Times


Profiles

The Inimitable Dr. Peggy Bia
Fordham Magazine


Pioneer Reflects on Future of Reproductive Medicine
New York Times


OBITUARIES

Mildred Thornton Stahlman, Pioneer in Neonatal Care, Dies at 101
New York Times


Luc Montagnier, Nobel-Winning Co-Discoverer of H.I.V., Dies at 89
New York Times


Howard W. Jones Jr., a Pioneer of Reproductive Medicine, Dies at 104
New York Times, page A1


Bruce McEwen, 81, Is Dead; Found Stress Can Alter the Brain
New York Times


Robert Blizzard, Who Gave Children Hormones to Grow, Dies at 94
New York Times


Richard Selzer, Who Fictionalized Medicine’s Absurdity and Gore, Dies at 87
New York Times


Howard W. Jones Jr., a Pioneer of Reproductive Medicine, Dies at 104
New York Times


Reviews

Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus
Yale Alumni Magazine


Sept/Oct 2023 Motherhood on Ice Review
Yale Alum magazine


The Maps Our Brains Create
New York Times


She Had a Preemie — and Then She Started to Ask Important Questions
New York Times


Testosterone Book sifts truth from tall tales
Nature


A History of the Heart, That Most Vital of Organs
New York Times


When Doctors Don’t Listen To Women
New York Times


Medical History’s Oddballs Go Prime Time
New York Times

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