Carol Johnson
@withloveperiod.bsky.social
Diagnosed in days, not years:
http://Uterinekind.com for "bad periods"
#endometriosis #PMDD #PCOS #fibroids #adenomyosis
#VWD #EDS #POTS
Board Certified Patient Advocate
Host: Hello Uterus podcast
Former SiriusXM/ESPN
Anti-racist #ERANow
climbs🏔swims🌊
http://Uterinekind.com for "bad periods"
#endometriosis #PMDD #PCOS #fibroids #adenomyosis
#VWD #EDS #POTS
Board Certified Patient Advocate
Host: Hello Uterus podcast
Former SiriusXM/ESPN
Anti-racist #ERANow
climbs🏔swims🌊
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Carol Johnson
@withloveperiod.bsky.social
· Jan 22
ReproductiveRights.gov - Know Your Rights: Reproductive Health Care
While Roe v. Wade was overturned, abortion remains legal in many states, and other reproductive health care services remain protected by law.
web.archive.org
In case anyone would like to grab the archive of the reproductive rights website recently taken offline by...whoever is dismantling our health education tools, here it is:
web.archive.org/web/20250114... #medsky #obgyn
web.archive.org/web/20250114... #medsky #obgyn
$42 billion is lost every year due to direct and indirect costs of fibroids. Solve that.
If women’s health research was funded, it would ignite the economy. Companies should pay less attention to sucking every consumer dollar and society should pay more attention to women’s health. Fund research.
If women’s health research was funded, it would ignite the economy. Companies should pay less attention to sucking every consumer dollar and society should pay more attention to women’s health. Fund research.
Young people in the U.S. have been priced out of their dreams. Stop acting like it’s their fault.
November 29, 2025 at 8:20 AM
$42 billion is lost every year due to direct and indirect costs of fibroids. Solve that.
If women’s health research was funded, it would ignite the economy. Companies should pay less attention to sucking every consumer dollar and society should pay more attention to women’s health. Fund research.
If women’s health research was funded, it would ignite the economy. Companies should pay less attention to sucking every consumer dollar and society should pay more attention to women’s health. Fund research.
Wise choice. The EPA does not protect us. Chemicals sail to market under “generally regarded as safe” (GRAS) banner w/NO testing on the female endocrine system.
I rely on Beauty Heroes (online, one store in CA). CEO Jeannie Jarnot has the highest bar for clean skin products. www.beauty-heroes.com
I rely on Beauty Heroes (online, one store in CA). CEO Jeannie Jarnot has the highest bar for clean skin products. www.beauty-heroes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Wise choice. The EPA does not protect us. Chemicals sail to market under “generally regarded as safe” (GRAS) banner w/NO testing on the female endocrine system.
I rely on Beauty Heroes (online, one store in CA). CEO Jeannie Jarnot has the highest bar for clean skin products. www.beauty-heroes.com
I rely on Beauty Heroes (online, one store in CA). CEO Jeannie Jarnot has the highest bar for clean skin products. www.beauty-heroes.com
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Do not punish all Afghan people for the deranged actions of one individual.
November 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Reposted by Carol Johnson
DYK: Women have earned the majority of doctoral degrees awarded by American universities each year since 2009.
First women to earn a PhD in the US?
Helen Magill White. Her PhD was in Greek from Boston University, 1877. She was born #OTD in 1853. @bostonu.bsky.social
#education #highered #academia
First women to earn a PhD in the US?
Helen Magill White. Her PhD was in Greek from Boston University, 1877. She was born #OTD in 1853. @bostonu.bsky.social
#education #highered #academia
November 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
DYK: Women have earned the majority of doctoral degrees awarded by American universities each year since 2009.
First women to earn a PhD in the US?
Helen Magill White. Her PhD was in Greek from Boston University, 1877. She was born #OTD in 1853. @bostonu.bsky.social
#education #highered #academia
First women to earn a PhD in the US?
Helen Magill White. Her PhD was in Greek from Boston University, 1877. She was born #OTD in 1853. @bostonu.bsky.social
#education #highered #academia
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Funding actual research produces life-saving results. Cannot WAIT for scientists to take the lead again. Instead of those who think scientific research is the process of confirming one’s own bias.
Funding actual research produces life-saving results. Cannot WAIT for scientists to take the lead again. Instead of those who think scientific research is the process of confirming one’s own bias.
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Funding actual research produces life-saving results. Cannot WAIT for scientists to take the lead again. Instead of those who think scientific research is the process of confirming one’s own bias.
Funding actual research produces life-saving results. Cannot WAIT for scientists to take the lead again. Instead of those who think scientific research is the process of confirming one’s own bias.
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This article provides more data showing how easy it is to manipulate humans on social media.
These researchers rerouted the algorithm on Twitter to push some users toward “antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity”.
It only took 1 week to elicit changes that used to take 3 years.
These researchers rerouted the algorithm on Twitter to push some users toward “antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity”.
It only took 1 week to elicit changes that used to take 3 years.
Reranking partisan animosity in algorithmic social media feeds alters affective polarization
Today, social media platforms hold the sole power to study the effects of feed-ranking algorithms. We developed a platform-independent method that reranks participants’ feeds in real time and used thi...
www.science.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Reposted by Carol Johnson
Today I and everyday I am:
Grateful for Vaccines
Grateful for Science
Grateful for Public Health Workers
Grateful for Doctors
Grateful for Nurses
Grateful for Scientists
Grateful for everyone whose job has been a little harder to do especially this year, yet who keep showing up.
#Thanksgiving
Grateful for Vaccines
Grateful for Science
Grateful for Public Health Workers
Grateful for Doctors
Grateful for Nurses
Grateful for Scientists
Grateful for everyone whose job has been a little harder to do especially this year, yet who keep showing up.
#Thanksgiving
November 28, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Today I and everyday I am:
Grateful for Vaccines
Grateful for Science
Grateful for Public Health Workers
Grateful for Doctors
Grateful for Nurses
Grateful for Scientists
Grateful for everyone whose job has been a little harder to do especially this year, yet who keep showing up.
#Thanksgiving
Grateful for Vaccines
Grateful for Science
Grateful for Public Health Workers
Grateful for Doctors
Grateful for Nurses
Grateful for Scientists
Grateful for everyone whose job has been a little harder to do especially this year, yet who keep showing up.
#Thanksgiving
Reposted by Carol Johnson
But if you type the word “vagina,” META will remove your post. The female body is apparently horrifying but SA is cool.
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
But if you type the word “vagina,” META will remove your post. The female body is apparently horrifying but SA is cool.
Reposted by Carol Johnson
Let's keep sharing these amazing stories about how vaccines have transformed our lives
November 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Let's keep sharing these amazing stories about how vaccines have transformed our lives
+ every $1 invested in NIH research returns ~$1.47 to the economy
Every $1 invested in women’s health returns $3! to the economy.
It’s clear who is not valued in this society.
Every $1 invested in women’s health returns $3! to the economy.
It’s clear who is not valued in this society.
To recap:
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
+ every $1 invested in NIH research returns ~$1.47 to the economy
Every $1 invested in women’s health returns $3! to the economy.
It’s clear who is not valued in this society.
Every $1 invested in women’s health returns $3! to the economy.
It’s clear who is not valued in this society.
End Citizens United (and make it illegal to name legislation as if its opposite day) and whatever this is 👇🏻
🚨NEWS: Exxon is now petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to grant corporations a new First Amendment right to avoid disclosing how much toxic pollution they are spewing and how much they are incinerating the atmosphere that supports all life on the planet.
Corporations Say It’s Their First Amendment Right To Hide
Corporations are asking the Supreme Court to help them dismantle a groundbreaking California transparency law requiring emissions disclosure.
www.levernews.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
End Citizens United (and make it illegal to name legislation as if its opposite day) and whatever this is 👇🏻
Bet the NYT didn’t challenge the loosening/eliminating of regulations, stacking the EPA w/industry lovers, and defunding research, the kind cited in the piece.
All gifts to big chem/oil.
The gas lighting is intense: “We’ll have the cleanest air and water!” Knowing he would do the opposite.
All gifts to big chem/oil.
The gas lighting is intense: “We’ll have the cleanest air and water!” Knowing he would do the opposite.
Ultraprocessed foods, like breakfast cereals, frozen meals and processed meats, have been linked to colorectal cancer and other digestive conditions. Here's what to know.
How Do Ultraprocessed Foods Affect the Gut?
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Bet the NYT didn’t challenge the loosening/eliminating of regulations, stacking the EPA w/industry lovers, and defunding research, the kind cited in the piece.
All gifts to big chem/oil.
The gas lighting is intense: “We’ll have the cleanest air and water!” Knowing he would do the opposite.
All gifts to big chem/oil.
The gas lighting is intense: “We’ll have the cleanest air and water!” Knowing he would do the opposite.
Reposted by Carol Johnson
Drug development costs $1-3 billion and takes 10-15 years to prove a drug is safe // effective, then 30% of Americans immediately decide it's poison because a guy in Macedonia pretending to be from Massachusetts said so on X...
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Drug development costs $1-3 billion and takes 10-15 years to prove a drug is safe // effective, then 30% of Americans immediately decide it's poison because a guy in Macedonia pretending to be from Massachusetts said so on X...
Your tax dollars at work.
In addition to being morally reprehensible, how much are these facilities charging?
In addition to being morally reprehensible, how much are these facilities charging?
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Your tax dollars at work.
In addition to being morally reprehensible, how much are these facilities charging?
In addition to being morally reprehensible, how much are these facilities charging?
Reposted by Carol Johnson
'The weight of the evidence has tipped heavily in favor of HPV vaccination" @hildabast.bsky.social
but we now need to deal with growing vaccine hesistancy!
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
but we now need to deal with growing vaccine hesistancy!
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
'The weight of the evidence has tipped heavily in favor of HPV vaccination" @hildabast.bsky.social
but we now need to deal with growing vaccine hesistancy!
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
but we now need to deal with growing vaccine hesistancy!
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
Reposted by Carol Johnson
As if scripted by Hollywood…
Fun fact: November 28, 2001:
"ENRON, which had been a component of the S&P; 500, was removed at the end of trading Thursday and replaced by NVIDIA Corp., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based maker of computer-graphics chips."
"ENRON, which had been a component of the S&P; 500, was removed at the end of trading Thursday and replaced by NVIDIA Corp., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based maker of computer-graphics chips."
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
As if scripted by Hollywood…
Endocrine systems around the country demand a reprieve.
Maybe we need to sue, given companies can claim no fault and avoid liability, and the EPA is clearly NOT protecting the environment, which includes protecting humans from chemicals dumped into the environment.
Maybe we need to sue, given companies can claim no fault and avoid liability, and the EPA is clearly NOT protecting the environment, which includes protecting humans from chemicals dumped into the environment.
The EPA has approved a new pesticide that contains PFAS, or 'forever chemicals', to be used on vegetables like lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Endocrine systems around the country demand a reprieve.
Maybe we need to sue, given companies can claim no fault and avoid liability, and the EPA is clearly NOT protecting the environment, which includes protecting humans from chemicals dumped into the environment.
Maybe we need to sue, given companies can claim no fault and avoid liability, and the EPA is clearly NOT protecting the environment, which includes protecting humans from chemicals dumped into the environment.
Or you could fund women's health research, Elon.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Or you could fund women's health research, Elon.
Reposted by Carol Johnson
The rights of men don’t change when you cross state lines. The rights of women do. That’s a real problem.
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The rights of men don’t change when you cross state lines. The rights of women do. That’s a real problem.
Reposted by Carol Johnson
Making America Healthy with objectively toxic chemicals that persist in the environment for thousands of years
The EPA has approved two new pesticides with "forever chemicals" that will be used on food.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Making America Healthy with objectively toxic chemicals that persist in the environment for thousands of years
If the US government really card about the health and wellbeing of women and babies, the United States wouldn't get a D+ on the March of Dimes 2025 report card.
www.contemporaryobgyn.net/view/united-...
www.contemporaryobgyn.net/view/united-...
United States receives D+ on 2025 March of Dimes Report Card | Contemporary OB/GYN
Michael Warren, MD, MPH, FAAP, explains the nation’s stagnant preterm birth rate and widening disparities highlighted in the 2025 report.
www.contemporaryobgyn.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
If the US government really card about the health and wellbeing of women and babies, the United States wouldn't get a D+ on the March of Dimes 2025 report card.
www.contemporaryobgyn.net/view/united-...
www.contemporaryobgyn.net/view/united-...
Reposted by Carol Johnson
Five years ago, we all applauded nurses, public health, and health care workers every evening for saving lives.
Today, the federal government does not consider these workers professional.
This says everything about the state of US health care.
Today, the federal government does not consider these workers professional.
This says everything about the state of US health care.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Five years ago, we all applauded nurses, public health, and health care workers every evening for saving lives.
Today, the federal government does not consider these workers professional.
This says everything about the state of US health care.
Today, the federal government does not consider these workers professional.
This says everything about the state of US health care.