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Veronica Ades: Right Where I Belonged

August 29, 2018

While working with Doctors Without Borders in a country where abortion is illegal, OB-GYN Veronica Ades is falsely accused of performing an abortion.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Veronica Ades, Doctors Without Borders, women's health, abortion, gynecology, Uganda

Molly Gaebe: The Doula Swap

August 28, 2018

Abortion doula Molly Gaebe is surprised to find herself in the same position as her patients.

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In Ecology, Health and Medicine Tags Molly Gaebe, abortion, women's health, medicine

Rasha Khoury: The Invisible Side of War

August 28, 2018

Working with Doctors Without Borders in a war-torn country, OB-GYN Rasha Khoury tries to save a pregnant woman in critical condition.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Rasha Khoury, gynecology, Doctors Without Borders, doctor, medicine, women's health, abortion, war

Jacey Powers: A New Beginning

August 28, 2018

Actress and playwright Jacey Powers faces a difficult decision when she’s diagnosed with breast cancer just as she discovers she's pregnant.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Jacey Powers, women's health, abortion, cancer

Toria Stafford: Owning My Fear

August 3, 2018

Chemist Toria Stafford's untreated mental illness starts to overwhelm both her science and her personal life.

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In Psychology, Health and Medicine Tags Toria Stafford, obsessive compulsive disorder, chemistry, graduate school, mental health

Sandi Marx: My Brain Fog

August 3, 2018

When storyteller Sandi Marx begins to develop cognitive symptoms of lupus, she worries she'll lose the aspects of her personality that she values most.

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In Health and Medicine, Neuroscience Tags Sandi Marx, lupus, chronic illness, disability

Josh Gondelman: How to Vanquish Your Nemesis

July 6, 2018

Comedian Josh Gondelman is threatened with a lawsuit after he reviews a new sexual enhancement product.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Josh Gondelman, sexuality, sex, comedy, pharmaceuticals

Jo Handelsman: Ebola Must Go

June 29, 2018

On her first day working in the White House under President Obama, microbiologist Jo Handelsman receives some bad news.

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In Health and Medicine, Epidemiology Tags Jo Handelsman, politics, government, ebola, pandemic, epidemic

Nisse Greenberg: My Father's Advocate

June 15, 2018

Storyteller Nisse Greenberg travels home to care for his father after a brain injury.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Nisse Greenberg, Story Collider producer, fathers, family, parents, brain injury, medicine

Alison Smith: Forgetting the Fire and Brimstone

June 8, 2018

Writer Alison Smith reconnects with her estranged father after he develops Alzheimer's disease.

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In Health and Medicine, Neuroscience Tags Alison Smith, aging, fathers, family, Alzheimer's

Morgan Givens: An Alien Invasion

June 1, 2018

For Morgan Givens, the onset of puberty feels like an alien invasion.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Morgan Givens, puberty, adolescense, transgender, gender, coming out

Moni Avello: The Sister Aika Deserves

June 1, 2018

Growing up, Moni Avello struggles to understand her younger sister, who has Asperger syndrome.

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In Health and Medicine, Psychology Tags Moni Avello, asperger syndrome, family, sisters, childhood, Neuroatypical

Jamie Brickhouse: The Last Time She Was Mama Jean

May 11, 2018

Jamie Brickhouse begins to notice some startling changes in his mother's behavior.

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In Health and Medicine, Neuroscience Tags Jamie Brickhouse, mothers, aging, Lewy Body Dementia, dementia, parents

Joselin Linder: Stopping the Family Gene

April 27, 2018

Joselin Linder shares a unique and deadly genetic mutation with just fourteen other people in the world -- and must make a difficult choice as a result.

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In Genetics, Health and Medicine Tags Joselin Linder, genetics, rare disease

Aletha Maybank: Fighting for Our Dignity

April 27, 2018

Aletha Maybank's childhood experiences with institutional racism inspire her work to combat structural barriers as a physician.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Aletha Maybank, childhood, racism, institutional racism, diversity in STEM, Black in STEM, Black lives matter, doctor

Anna Freeman: The World Hasn't Forgetten

April 6, 2018

Nurse Anna Freeman is frustrated by the limits of technology when she attempts to advise a Syrian hospital over a shaky Skype connection.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Anna Freeman, Doctors Without Borders, nursing, humanitarian work, Syria, medicine, communication

Leah Shaffer: The First Rule of Worm Club

March 2, 2018

Science writer Leah Shaffer discovers an interesting way to manage her chronic illness -- hookworms.

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In Biology, Health and Medicine Tags Leah Shaffer, hookworms, chronic illness, parasites, medicine, journalism

Sarah Pearl: Don't Panic

February 16, 2018

Comedian Sarah Pearl checks into a psychiatric hospital after having suicidal thoughts.

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In Psychology, Health and Medicine Tags Sarah Pearl, mental health, psychiatry, depression, comedy

Melanie McConnell: Vitamin C for Cancer

February 2, 2018

Biochemist Melanie McConnell encounters unexpected resistance when she tests an experimental cancer treatment.

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In Biology, Chemistry, Health and Medicine Tags Melanie McConnell, cancer, research, lab work, cancer research

Mo Culberson: A Standardized Patient

February 2, 2018

Actor and rape survivor Mo Culberson helps train doctors to treat other rape survivors.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Mo Culberson, sexual assault, medicine, medical school
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