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What Mysteries and Medicine Have in Common

What Mysteries and Medicine Have in Common

Surgeon and Writer Arnold van de Laar on the Doctor as Detective

By Arnold van de Laar | October 19, 2018

Heather Havrilesky: There Are Too Many Gurus in America

Heather Havrilesky: There Are Too Many Gurus in America

And Why We're Better Off Ignoring Them

By Heather Havrilesky | October 5, 2018

My Disease is Not a Metaphor

My Disease is Not a Metaphor

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By Maggie Levantovskaya | October 2, 2018

The Sandwich That Helped Feed Puerto Rico After FEMA Failed

The Sandwich That Helped Feed Puerto Rico After FEMA Failed

Chef José Andrés on Getting to Work in the Aftermath of Maria

By José Andrés and Richard Wolffe | September 28, 2018

Teaching the Literature of Mad Women

Teaching the Literature of Mad Women

On Gendered Notions of Mental Illness, and Who "Deserves" to Be Depressed

By Sarah Fawn Montgomery | September 24, 2018

Did Dante Alighieri Suffer From a Sleep Disorder?

Did Dante Alighieri Suffer From a Sleep Disorder?

On the Sleeplessness That Makes Patients Weak With Laughter

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What Does It Mean To Be A Doctor and a Writer?

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Like a Miracle I Don't Want: An Essay by Amy Fusselman

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Nadifa Mohamed: My Life at Oxford's Last All-Women College

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On the Sleepless Lives of Writers

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The World is Too Loud: On Being a Writer with Misophonia

The World is Too Loud: On Being a Writer with Misophonia

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Porochista Khakpour on Learning to Own the Discomfort of the Body

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