Randi Epstein: "Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything"

Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton talks with lecturer and author Randi Epstein about Randi's book "Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything". They discuss patient activism, contemporary attitudes of bioethics, and medical marketing have shaped scientific research, therapies and public perceptions of the health industry.
Chelsea Clinton, MPH, Phil is Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation and Adjunct Professor, Health Policy and Management
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2:22 Dr. Robert Klitzman, Academic Director of the SPS Bioethics program
4:19 Chelsea kicks off the discussion
7:36 The Vasectomy Fad
12:32 The Story of Alfred Wilson
13:40 The uncertainty of science and medicine
17:10 The historical guesswork of measuring hormones
19:16 Rosalyn Yalow's measuring hormones success story
23:05 Hormone science today
26:44 What keeps Chelsea up at night?
This edition of T@LKS at Columbia was produced in conjunction with the School of Professional Studies' Bioethics program.