How medicine mansplained women’s health

Casey Harrell is a goofy, lighthearted chatterbox whose love for language helped him become an accomplished environmental activist. In 2020, he was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and slowly began losing the ability to speak. He sang his last song to his infant ...  Show more

Oliver Sacks was once crowned “the poet laureate of medicine” — he's known as one of the greatest science writers of our time. But when New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv dug into his archives, she discovered that some details in his intimate portraits of patients mirrored his persona ...  Show more

Scientists don’t understand why so many people suffer from Covid-19 symptoms for months, well after they stop testing positive. But that’s just the start of the mystery. There are other diseases that cast these long shadows, and they point to a major blind spot in medicine. For m ...  Show more

Die Versorgung von Frauen mit STI in Deutschland ist oft mangelhaft. Fragen über Zuständigkeiten und angemessene Leistungen verunsichern. Die Expertinnen dieser Folge erklären, wie das Thema sexuelle Gesundheit einen Platz in der Hausarztpraxis finden kann. Sie blicken auf Inzide ...  Show more

Doctors have suffered psychologically throughout the pandemic, but as Vox’s Julia Belluz reports, those who seek mental health treatment in the US put their careers at risk. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox!  ...  Show more

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