Bringing sexy back

Bringing sexy back

A vibrator developed in Madison restores pleasure for women following cancer and menopause

Isthmus Cover Story, August 24, 2012

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It's the kind of thing nobody talks about, the sort of life-altering, debilitating problem you don't know anything about until you're forced to know: the incredible pain and sexual dysfunction in women brought on by cancer treatment and, in many cases, menopause. The side effects of treatment, as well as lack of estrogen, can have a devastating impact on women, and in many ways the health care system is ill equipped to address sexual health in women unrelated to reproduction.

"I think one of the unfortunate things is our society, for very long, has not been open to talk about sex at all," says Margaret Straub, a physician assistant in the UW Radiation Oncology clinic. "This is just another example where it's shied away from, even within the medical community."

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Know the Warning Signs of Domestic Violence

Know the Warning Signs of Domestic Violence

She testified in the O.J. Simpson trial; now Denise Brown speaks in Madison

Madison Magazine, June 2012

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Across two brisk days in February 1995, Denise Brown took the stand in one of the most infamous murder trials in U.S. history. Denise’s sister, Nicole Brown Simpson, was dead; Nicole’s ex-husband, O.J. Simpson, was accused of murdering her. Witnesses came out of the woodwork testifying to O.J.’s alleged abuse, but it didn’t seem possible to Brown. There was no way her strong, vibrant sister had been a battered woman. She believed this, even as she testified to an incident in which Simpson, after hurling Nicole into a wall, physically threw both Nicole and Denise out of the house and onto the sidewalk.

“I just thought it was an isolated incident, I just thought he was crazy,” says Brown, who spent that night in a hotel with Nicole. “The words ‘domestic violence’ never even came into my head. I tell people all the time now, educate yourself about the cycle of domestic violence. Because that’s what I didn’t know anything about.”

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Why Doesn't She Just Leave?

Why Doesn't She Just Leave?

A special report on domestic violence

Madison Magazine, October 2011

 

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Women in abusive relationships are far likelier to be killed while attempting to leave their partners — a surpising and frightening fact that Lisa Judd Blanchard, who lost her sister, and Julie Rook Schebig, who nearly lost her life, know all too well.

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Life in Alignment

Life in Alignment: The Healing Power of Yoga

Scott Anderson's Spectrum Yoga Therapy is a miracle for those diagnosed with autism

Madison Magazine, August 2011

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The boy in red slides sock-footed down the length of the Mound Street Yoga studio, yipping rhythmically in a high-pitched keen. At his feet a girl takes no notice, focused on the invisible orchestra she conducts with twirling wrists, third finger and thumb pressed tightly together. There are about a dozen students here spanning the autism spectrum, each engaging in his or her own “self-stim” behavior. One rocks, another spins in circles, yet another smacks his head against the floor repeatedly. Noisy chaos ricochets off the walls in stark contrast to your average yoga class, but it’s the unfailing norm for these families.

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Finding Safety

Finding Safety

How Safe Harbor helped Alex confront her history of sexual abuse

Isthmus, 31 March 2011

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At first glance Alex looks like any other young adult. But if you sit with her for a while you can see the little girl she was. There is a slight tremor to her fingers as she swipes back her bangs, a self-protective hunch to her shoulders. Her dress is a fabric garden planted with hundreds of tiny, perfect daisies. What she has to say is shocking.

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