Word: wacker
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...Warren E.C. Wacker, director of the University Health Services, says UHS treats about eight anorexics a year, two of whom have to be hospitalized in Stillman Infirmary. Since most anorexics deny there is anything wrong with them and are generally brought to the doctor by their parents, Dr. Lauring Conant, an internist at UHS, says, there are probably more anorexic students at Harvard than UHS treats...
...enough birth control education on campus. Room 13 staffers, who average one to two late night telephone requests for birth control information, have already had to tell a couple of callers that the morning-after pill must not be taken as soon as the sun rises the next day. Wacker says the people he sees seem well-educated about birth control. But what he may be overlooking with a system as subtle at Harvard's birth control program is that his patients may be self-selecting. "The people in the UHS think that the students they see are well-educated...
...Wacker says the IUD is way down on his list of recommended birth control methods. The IUD peaked two years ago in popularity, he says. In women who have not given birth, the IUD tends to have some side-effects--including severe cramps, especially during menstruation, Wacker says. The UHS, however, does offer a smaller IUD for women who have not had children...
Unwanted pregnancies at Harvard, Wacker says, are fairly rare--resulting usually because the user's birth control method has failed, and not because the couples were unprotected. Students who forget to take the pill regularly, or those who inserted their diaphragm poorly, are the cause for many of the unwanted pregnancies, Wacker says...
...policy toward those couples who face unwanted pregnancies is "to expedite whatever is the reasonable choice," according to Wacker. If the woman wants an abortion, the UHS will not handle it, but can make the arrangements. The UHS works on an "ad hoc" basis for a couple of which only one member is Harvard-affiliated, Wacker says. For most women who want abortions, the University recommends that they go to small clinics such as the Crittenden Clinic in Boston...