ICYMI: The Perils Of A Bad Mug Shot And Why STD-Testing Condoms Might Not Be That Awesome

29 Jun

ICYMI Health features what we’re reading this week. This week, first-person essays by individuals affected by stigmatized diseases and disorders caught our eye. We spent time with the account of a writer struggling with chronic kidney damage from the lithium … Read More »

ICYMI: What Your Birth Month Says About Your Health And The Story Behind America’s Obsession With Perfect Teeth

13 Jun

ICYMI Health features what we’re reading this week. This week, we couldn’t put down emergency doctor Craig Spencer’s account of recovering from Ebola in New York City last year. We were also awed by video footage of a nipple tattoo … Read More »

ICYMI: People ‘Borrow’ Stories And The Disturbing Way We Get Brain Injuries

6 Jun

ICYMI Health features what we’re reading this week. Our news diet this week took a depressing, gender-based turn after we read a disheartening report about how science is still viewed as a male profession around the world. We learned that … Read More »

ICYMI: The Rise Of Trigger Warnings And What An Empty Inbox Says About Your Personality

30 May

ICYMI Health features what we’re reading this week. This week, we read everything we could get our hands on about human behavior, including an essay on what the rise of trigger warnings and safe spaces say about us as a … Read More »

ICYMI: Quantifying The Dad Bod And Why We Need More Black Doctors

23 May

ICYMI Health features what we’re reading this week. This week, we found ourselves drawn to stories about sexual politics in health. We were blown away by our colleagues Carina Kolodny and Amber Genuske’s year-long project exploring the history and power … Read More »