The True Cost of Your Shiny Smooth Hair
April 19, 2011
By Stacy Malkan
Beautiful, shiny, frizz-free hair? Count yourself lucky to have hair at all! I first heard about the Brazilian Blowout from Susanne Harvey, who called to tell me she’d lost huge chunks of her long red hair1 after using the popular hair-smoothing product that is all the rage with celebrities. Turns out many women have had the same fallout experience, including actress Mary Louise Parker2 and scores of others who have been complaining to FDA for… Read More >
Extending Protections
June 17, 2009
By Hope Ferdowsian MD MPH
Today, as a physician, I evaluate and often treat asylum seekers who are torture survivors. However, my first introduction to torture and genocide was at nine years, when I read A Cry from the Heart: The Bahá’ís of Iran, by William Sears. The most vivid story I recall was that of a young boy who was burned to death with his father after he failed to renounce his religion. At the time, I could not… Read More >
