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Amy Silverstein

Amy Silverstein is an award-winning author, public speaker, and magazine writer on women’s health issues and patient advocacy. Her well-received first book, "Sick Girl," was published in three languages, won a “Books for a Better Life Award,” and was a finalist for the Border’s Original Voices Award.

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They were my life support: My life-threatening health crisis brought out the best in my friends

Amy Silverstein

Hands-free Whopper holder debuts in Puerto Rico

Amy Silverstein

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Gold prices plummet to 2-year low

Paul Ames, Amy Silverstein

Indian eunuchs in Ahmadabad, India. (AP/Ajit Solanki)

Study: Testicles are overrated

Amy Silverstein

Syria President Bashar al-Assad (AP)

Could Assad use chemical weapons?

Amy Silverstein

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McDonald’s at London Olympics

Amy Silverstein

SF agencies boycott Apple

Amy Silverstein

“Helicopter” moms unhappy

Amy Silverstein

Nestle's CEO Paul Bulcke (AP/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott)

Nestle chocolate is produced from child labor, new report says

Amy Silverstein

Chinese dissident dead

Amy Silverstein

A demonstrator wears a t-shirt in memory of Trayvon Martin during a rally outside the Georgia Capitol, in Atlanta on Monday, March 26, 2012 (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Another Trayvon Martin case?

Amy Silverstein

Dharun Ravi waits for the judge to explain the law to the jury before they begin their deliberations during his trial at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick, N.J. on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 (AP Photo/The Star-Ledger, John O'Boyle, Pool)

The mixed Clementi verdict

Amy Silverstein

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An early pullout from Afghanistan?

Amy Silverstein