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Everyone has had their fair share of health challenges, one of the biggest challenges I have faced was my struggle with neck pain and a frozen shoulder. You might know what I am talking about. I could ...

Jonathan D. Mayer ([email protected]) is a professor of epidemiology and medical geography, and is also in the Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the Department of Medicine, at the ...

As a chronic pain sufferer, I sometimes surprise people by telling them that my pain doesn’t have a physical cause. It’s a mind-body thing, I say, related to stress and emotions. To many, this sounds ...

In the fall of 2024, my body collapsed. Not metaphorically—literally. I couldn’t walk, stand, or place weight on my own two feet without unbearable pain. My body had been whispering for years, and in ...

I was officially diagnosed one month ago at the age of 35. When my surgeon opened me up he found stage four endometriosis. Nearly 20cm of diseased tissue was cut out. I remember crying tears of relief ...

Since I've been 14 years old I've been chronically ill and in constant pain. I was prescribed codeine and tramadol to manage the pain, and I couldn't go a day without them. I stopped taking pills and ...

I don’t have many memories of the two days I spent in the hospital following my double mastectomy last year. But one that does stand out is me repeatedly begging the nurses to do something about my ...

This is a guest post from an activist friend who wishes to remain anonymous for reasons that will quickly be clear. When I was 17, I had an abortion that went terribly wrong. A mistake in the ...