stillness is a lie, my dear
Dallying on Zika funding left the United States poorly prepared for a large public health crisis, and highlighted the fact that Congressional Republicans are too self-interested to consider the welfare of the electorate.
The first time I had surgery, I was startled by something that happened afterward: I was tired all the time for a while, which made sense given that I was still processing the anesthetic, but also, I was deeply depressed. I didn’t understand why I was experiencing such intense suicidal ideation when circumstantially, things were […]
Over 100,000 people in the United States are waiting for kidney transplants, whether from live donors or those who have opted to donate after their deaths. Among them are racial and class minorities — in fact, minorities can be more at risk of kidney disease thanks to numerous cultural and class factors that contribute to […]
Earlier this year, I started having trouble seeing street signs again. It’s a thing that happens when your eyes get worse over time, which tends to be par for the course for many of us who work with computers all day — even when I’m diligent about eye exercises, getting up now and then to […]
Tuberculosis: a 19th and early 20th century disease of wilting women and men in sanitariums, living in isolation while they take the fresh air cure and hope that their endless coughing will subside, leaving them with weakened lung function if they manage to survive the brutal infection. At least, that’s the perception of much of […]
A shocking thing happened at the doctor’s office the other day, and I’m not talking about the unicorn at the reception desk; she’s been there for a while, and I personally absolutely support unicorn equality. I don’t think they should be discriminated against just because they have a tendency to leave a trail of sparkles […]
I loathe the anti-vaccine movement with a flaming passion. I happen to be a firm believer that vaccines were one of the greatest developments in medicine, radically changing the nature of life on Earth for human beings and totally improving quality of life, survivability from common and potentially fatal childhood illnesses, and generally making the […]
I took a look at my body in the mirror this morning, just to make sure everything was where I’d left it, and indeed, everything appeared to be. Every now and then I like to do that, you know. One thing I noticed about my body, and something I think about rather a lot, actually, […]