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940: Barbie-Life in plastic, It's Fantastic

Season 9, Ep. 40
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In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh discuss the Barbie Movie and the various medical conditions barbie has exhibited over the years. Along the way they cover the aqua song, the problems with barbie measurements in real life, limb proportion ratios, muscular dystrophy, discontinued barbies, cerebral palsy and wheelchairs, lack of digestion and sanitation in barbieland, vitiligo, the king of pop, alopecia and trichotillomania, diabetic insulin pumps, scoliosis, downs syndrome, dream disease barbies and more! So sit back and relax as we give you just Kenough information about toy medicine!


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Further Reading

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2013/04/45682/barbie-real-life-health-problems

https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2020/10/the-initial-reproductive-health-visit#:~:text=The%20initial%20reproductive%20health%20visit%20should%20take%20place%20between%20the,from%20other%20health%20care%20professionals.

https://glucomart.com/products/Toys-for-Diabetic-Children-c9541005

https://www.openculture.com/2021/08/mattels-barbie-turns-women-of-medicine-including-covid-vaccine-developer-into-dolls.html


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