Perhaps a quarter of all American women over 21 dye their hair on a regular basis. Is there any doubt this is contributing to their risk of getting cancer, kidney or liver disease, neurological other health problems?

We are all free to hurt ourselves if we choose, but what about when we ask other people to give of themselves to save us from our own stupidity?

Read the story in today’s Boston Globe about the woman who is asking for her third kidney transplant, and tell me what you think.