Janet Farrar Worthington
Science writer and author
Janet Farrar Worthington is an award-winning science writer who has written about men's health. She co-authored Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer.
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Born in the United States
About Janet Farrar Worthington
Janet Farrar Worthington is an author and science writer who has won awards for her writing on men's health. She co-wrote the bestselling Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer, along with Prostate Cancer: A Guide for Men and the Women Who Love Them and The Ultimate College Survival Guide. She graduated from Vanderbilt University and has edited Discovery and Breakthrough, two Johns Hopkins publications. She previously edited Hopkins Medical News, the alumni magazine of The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and spent six years as a commentator on the public radio program Marketplace. Her other books include Where's the Wine?: And Other Questions and Bumble Creek Farm. She also writes humorous observations, and she shares her home life with a husband, three children, dogs and horses.