Anna Altman Listening to Women’s Bodies Each episode of the podcast Bodies looks at “a medical mystery” told through a particular woman’s story. The intimacy of the subjects, and the host Allison Behringer’s willingness to make herself vulnerable as she seeks answers from doctors and loved ones, sets the tone for the show. January 18, 2019
Shelley Salamensky Inside the Mayo Clinic When I arrived at the Mayo Clinic as a patient, I was told that Ken Burns had just left. In his new documentary, Burns ascribes the institution’s success to groundbreaking advances in both medicine and its delivery: the human side of care. September 26, 2018
Rose George Menopause, Depression, & Me Then I became what I am. A menopausal woman. In the eyes of evolution, that makes me a pointless person. Why are we the only creatures to get menopause apart from two types of whales? We don’t know. August 8, 2018