By Cara Murez
HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, Jan. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) When journalist Catherine Guthrie learned that she would need to have a mastectomy following a breast cancer diagnosis, she was shocked by what seemed like a cursory explanation from her surgeon about what would happen next.
That included removing both of her breasts, adding implants, and moving a muscle from her back to her chest to make the results look more natural. It didn t feel right to her. She went home, thought about it and decided to go flat.
I feel great about it. I love my body. I love the freedom I have in my body. I love that I have full mobility and strength in my body. I m as flexible and strong now 10, 11 years later as I was then, said Guthrie, who already had back issues and had been concerned about how the surgery would impact that. I absolutely have zero regrets.
When journalist Catherine Guthrie learned that she would need to have a mastectomy following a breast cancer diagnosis, she was shocked by what seemed like a cursory explanation from her surgeon about what.
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And even without the pandemic, incarceration for drug offenses often does more harm than good. “The risk of overdose increases dramatically post release from jail and prison,” notes Dr. Helena Hansen, an addiction psychiatrist at UCLA, “so we’re actually killing people by locking them up.”
Minority unions, such as the new Google group, began in the industrial era as first step to mobilize and channel workers’ discontent with a broader goal of gaining more power in the workplace, said Toby Higbie, a professor of history and labor studies at UCLA. It would probably be difficult for employees in a company as large as Google to reach a critical mass of workers and hold elections for a traditional union straight away, he said.