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Janet Farrar Worthington

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Janet Farrar Worthington is the author of Where's the Wine?: And Other Questions, and Bumble Creek Farm. She also is the co–author of the bestselling men’s health books, Dr. Patrick Walsh’s Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer and Prostate Cancer: A Guide for Men and the Women Who Love Them, and of The Ultimate College Survival Guide.

Janet is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and is editor of Discovery and Breakthrough, two publications from Johns Hopkins. An award-winning science writer, she is the former editor of Hopkins Medical News, the alumni magazine for The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She also spent six years as a commentator for the public radio program Marketplace.

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	Bumble Creek Farm 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Where's the Wine?: And Other Questions it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Prostate: A Guide for Men and the Women Who Love Them by Janet Farrar Worthington (Goodreads Author), Patrick C. Walsh, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to (Peanut Press) Surviving Prostate Cancer by Janet Farrar Worthington (Goodreads Author), Patrick C. Walsh, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Elephant in the Room As a medical writer, I’m always thinking about metaphors to help explain what cancer is like, or how certain drugs work. I have been thinking lately about how I could describe sin. What is sin like? Maybe it’s like toilet paper stuck to your shoe, or a massive green booger […]

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“All men should be allowed to participate in their health, and screening for prostate cancer is a key part of it.”
― Janet Farrar Worthington, Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer

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