At 76, author Barbara Ehrenreich has decided she won’t be going to her yearly medical check ups anymore. Ehrenreich explains her reasoning in a new book, “Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer.” Putting her PhD in biology to work, Ehrenreich casts a skeptical eye on preventative medicine, New Age practices, elaborate exercise plans, and other anti-aging regimens that attempt to eke out more mileage from our lives.
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Barbara Ehrenreich, journalist and author of “Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, And Our Illusion of Control”
Barbara Ehrenreich Takes on Wellness Industry in 'Natural Causes'
At 76, author Barbara Ehrenreich has decided she won’t be going to her yearly medical check ups anymore. Ehrenreich explains her reasoning in a new book, “Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer.” Putting her PhD in biology to work, Ehrenreich casts a skeptical eye on preventative medicine, New Age practices, elaborate exercise plans, and other anti-aging regimens that attempt to eke out more mileage from our lives.
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Barbara Ehrenreich is the author most recently of "Natural Causes: : An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, And Our Illusion of Control." (Photo: Courtesy of Barbara Ehrenreich)