Terra Ziporyn

Terra Ziporyn (born 1958) is an American science writer, novelist, playwright, and public health advocate whose books include The New Harvard Guide to Women's Health, Alternative Medicine for Dummies, and Nameless Diseases. She has written extensively on a wide range of health and medical issues for both medical professionals and the general public in publications including The Harvard Health Letter,[1][2][3][4] JAMA,[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][excessive citations] Consumer Reports,[18] CNN,[19] Education Week,[20] Weight Watchers Magazine,[21] Business Week,[22][23][24] The Missouri Review,[25] and The Huffington Post.[26] As Terra Ziporyn Snider, her married name, she co-founded and became executive director of Start School Later, a public-health non-profit organization. She lives in Severna Park, Maryland with her husband J.H. Snider. She is the sister of Brook Ziporyn and Evan Ziporyn.

  1. ^ Ziporyn, Terra (December 1996). "Shaking Up Conventional Wisdom on Salt". Harvard Health Letter: 6–7.
  2. ^ Ziporyn, Terra (February 1992). "True Blue". Harvard Health Letter: 1–3.
  3. ^ Ziporyn, Terra (February 1992). "Support Groups". Harvard Health Letter: 3.
  4. ^ Ziporyn, Terra (February 1992). "What's In A Name?". Harvard Health Letter: 2.
  5. ^ Ziporyn, Terra (February 9, 1990). "What the Nazis Called 'Medical Research' Haunts the Scientific Community to This Day". JAMA. 263 (6): 791. doi:10.1001/jama.1990.03440060021005. PMID 2296137. Archived from the original on February 2, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  6. ^ Ziporyn, Terra (1985). "Historians strive to improve perspective, practice of medicine". JAMA. 254 (19): 2713–5, 2719–20. doi:10.1001/jama.1985.03360190017002. PMID 4057474. Archived from the original on 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  7. ^ Ziporyn, Terra (November 15, 1985). "Social mores influence lessons of science". JAMA. 254 (19): 2720. doi:10.1001/jama.1985.03360190024003. PMID 3903233. Archived from the original on February 2, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  8. ^ Ziporyn, Terra (1985). "Historians strive to improve perspective, practice of medicine". JAMA. 254 (19): 2714–2715. doi:10.1001/jama.1985.03360190017002. Archived from the original on 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  9. ^ Ziporyn, Terra (1985). "AMA's Bureau of Investigation exposed fraud". JAMA. 254 (15): 2043. doi:10.1001/jama.1985.03360150017002. PMID 3900442. Archived from the original on 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  10. ^ Ziporyn, Terra (1985). "Gestational diabetes: panelists set guidelines for detection, control". JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 254 (4): 465–470. doi:10.1001/JAMA.1985.03360040015002. PMID 4009869. S2CID 2949094.
  11. ^ Ziporyn, Terra (1985). "Definition of impairment essential for prosecuting 'drunken drivers'". JAMA. 253 (24): 3509–3513, 3517. doi:10.1001/jama.1985.03350480015002. PMID 3999330. Archived from the original on 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  12. ^ Ziporyn, Terra (1984). "Multicenter study evaluates 'tight control' in diabetes". JAMA. 252 (13): 1663–1664. doi:10.1001/jama.1984.03350130005002. PMID 6381777. Archived from the original on 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  13. ^ Ziporyn, Terra (August 24–31, 1984). "Music therapy accompanies medical care". JAMA. 252 (8): 986–987. doi:10.1001/jama.252.8.986. PMID 6748214.
  14. ^ Ziporyn, Terra (1984). "Hippocrates meets the data banks: patient privacy in computer age". JAMA. 252 (3): 317–319. doi:10.1001/jama.1984.03350030001001. PMID 6737618. Archived from the original on 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  15. ^ Ziporyn, Terra (1984). "Rip van Winkle period' ends for puerperal psychiatric problems". JAMA. 251 (16): 2061–2063, 2067. doi:10.1001/jama.1984.03340400003001. PMID 6708246. Archived from the original on 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  16. ^ Ziporyn, Terra (1983). "Medical decision making: analyzing options in the face of uncertainty". JAMA. 249 (16): 2133–2135, 2138–2141. doi:10.1001/jama.249.16.2133. PMID 6834602.
  17. ^ Ziporyn, Terra (1982). "Computer-assisted medical decision-making: interest growing". JAMA. 248 (8): 913–918. doi:10.1001/jama.1982.03330080003001. PMID 7047786. Archived from the original on 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  18. ^ Ziporyn, Terra (March 1987). "Stalking a good night's sleep: relief for insomnia often takes more than counting pills or sheept". Consumer Reports: 136–138.
  19. ^ "Let Kids Sleep Later". CNN. 28 August 2014. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  20. ^ Snider, Terra Ziporyn (15 May 2012). "Push Back High School Start Times". Education Week. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  21. ^ Ziporyn, Terra (January–February 1997). "Rules of a Smart Patient". Weight Watchers Magazine: 48–51.
  22. ^ "The case against chest x-rays". Business Week: 700–701. September 24, 1979.
  23. ^ "An arthritis drug for menstrual pain". Business Week. August 1979.
  24. ^ "The healthy medical-kit market". Business Week: 36H. August 13, 1979.
  25. ^ Ziporyn, Terra (Fall 1988). "Medical science in the popular American press: beginnings". Archived from the original on 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  26. ^ "Terra Ziporyn, PhD". Archived from the original on 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-02-02.