Medical care Archives

Love Story as Case Study: A Conversation with Rheea Mukherjee

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Martha Grover

Nov 27, 2019

Love Story as Case Study: A Conversation with Rheea Mukherjee

Rheea Mukherjee discusses her debut novel, THE BODY MYTH.

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Yoshiko Iwai

Jun 24, 2019

Open Letter to Our Body

The only thing I can count on to be there tomorrow is my body. And yours.

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Elizabeth Ann Reed

Oct 29, 2018

CAN-CER-VIVE

I’ve only had breast cancer once and already I know too much.

Trust Us When We’re Sick: Maya Dusenbery’s Doing Harm

Features & Reviews, Reviews

Caroline Macon Fleischer

Apr 4, 2018

Trust Us When We’re Sick: Maya Dusenbery’s Doing Harm

The systems created for men by men are not sufficient in caring for women. Different bodies and chemical makeups, of course, require different treatments.

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Michael Fischer

Apr 4, 2017

Metaphors for My Forgetful Heart

My body is a drum, its last vibration fading out. My body is a temple, serene and contemplative, all voices finally stilled. My body is a glider plane, floating on warm currents of air in the eerie, engineless quiet.

The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Infarct, I Did

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Eaton Hamilton

Jun 18, 2016

The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Infarct, I Did

This essay is not about love. Love doesn’t enter into it. We are talking mechanics. Four chambers, ventricles and atria. The mammalian heart, and thus, the bat heart, and thus, the human heart.