Ted Kaptchuk of Harvard Medical School studies placebos | Harvard Magazine Jan-Feb 2013
Tag: medicine
Whipping Girl: Trans people still “disordered” according to latest DSM
Symphysiotomy survivors gather to recount stories of torture
Symphysiotomy survivors gather to recount stories of torture
‘Often performed in the place of the more commonplace Caesarean section, symphysiotomies involved breaking the woman’s pelvis during childbirth. The Survivors of Symphysiotomy (SOS) group claims that the operations were carried out without prior knowledge or consent “mainly for religious reasons, by obstetricians who were opposed to family planning.”’
Albert-László Barabási at TEDMED 2012
Mary Toft – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mary Toft – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Mary Toft (née Denyer; c. 1701–1763), also spelled Tofts, was an English woman from Godalming, Surrey, who in 1726 became the subject of considerable controversy when she tricked doctors into believing that she had given birth to rabbits.”
The People’s Apothecary | Herbal Commons
Lower Costs and Better Care for Neediest Patients : The New Yorker
Breast cancer: doctors recommend fewer mammograms and breast examinations for average-risk women | News | National Post
Um, they concluded that modern medicine is more harmful than cancer? “The College of Family Physicians of Canada has endorsed the guidelines.”
File:Testicle before and after.png – Wikimedia Commons
Media review: Learning to heal from the heart
Media review: Learning to heal from the heart
from the hawk.