Clinical Medicine

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SH Shin Jie Yong, MSc (Res) · Microbial Instincts

The RSV Vaccine Unexpectedly Protects Against Dementia. But Why?

A paradox that challenges what we know about infection, immunology, and dementia.

Sep 19, 2026 · 9 min read · 2,994 claps paywalled #health #science #vaccines

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JA Janice Macdonald · Minds Without Borders

I Asked My Daughter In the U.S. Why She Hadn’t Made a Doctor’s Appointment

Her answer reminded me how grateful I am to live in France

Dec 10, 2024 · 5 min read · 1,769 claps paywalled #health-care-costs #us-healthcare #french-healthcare

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CO Cory Doctorow

Delusion as a service

Destructive diagnostics.

Jun 04, 2026 · 8 min read · 1,720 claps #ai-psychosis #ai #gang-stalking-delusion

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BR B.R. Shenoy · Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

When a Prescription Becomes a Temptation

A story about post-surgical recovery reveals why unused opioid medications deserve more attention than many of us give them

Jun 14, 2026 · 3 min read · 1,615 claps paywalled #health #family #mental-health

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Trying to Understand the Message Behind the Signs Given by Body Language

Anti-nausea medication — understanding what is actually happening inside the body.

Sep 22, 2026 · 5 min read · 1,491 claps paywalled #pharmacology #medicine #personal-growth

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SU Sunita Chakraborty · the Challenged

The Most Sleep-Deprived People in America Aren’t Doctors

They’re sitting in first period

Mar 14, 2026 · 2 min read · 1,357 claps paywalled #the-challenged #sleep #teen-health

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JO John Kruse MD, PhD · Invisible Illness

Psychiatry Is Missing the Boat on Biomarkers

Recent gains in neuroscience are likely to overthrow much of our current mental health diagnostic system.

May 18, 2026 · 9 min read · 1,297 claps paywalled #mental-health #psychology #neuroscience

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BE Bertrand Liang, MD PhD MBA · ILLUMINATION

The Body Keeps the Ledger

What chronic financial stress does to human biology

Apr 04, 2026 · 8 min read · 1,274 claps paywalled #allostatic-load #poverty #healthcare

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DR Dr. Allison Wiltz

Why Black People Report Better Outcomes with Black Doctors

“Find a Black Doctor” program facing lawsuit despite the medical racism Black patients endure

May 25, 2026 · 6 min read · 1,213 claps paywalled #health #racism #blacklivesmatter

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AU Author, D. Denise Dianaty · This America

NC Republicans to Legalize Murder

Proposed amendment to the state’s constitution gives explicit permission to murder women & doctors

May 26, 2026 · 5 min read · 1,211 claps paywalled #politics #women #reproductive-health

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RO Roz Warren, Writing Coach · Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

At 71, I Finally Gave in and Signed Up with a Concierge Doctor

Here’s what I’m getting for my $2,500/year

Jul 20, 2026 · 4 min read · 1,171 claps paywalled #health #medicine #doctors

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MI Michael Rhodes · The Daily Cuppa Grande

Growing Old

I see my Doctor almost as much as my Barber

Feb 05, 2025 · 2 min read · 1,133 claps paywalled #the-daily-cuppa-grande #medicare #doctors

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SC SC Thompson · Doctor Funny

Words That Sound Dirty But Aren’t

Until now

Dec 23, 2025 · 2 min read · 1,106 claps paywalled #words #doctor-funny #humor

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RE René F. Najera, MPH, DrPH · Microbial Instincts

The Sleeping Sickness Epidemic That Medicine Still Can’t Explain

How encephalitis lethargica disabled a million people in the 1920s, and what it warns us about Long COVID today

Jul 06, 2026 · 6 min read · 1,098 claps paywalled #long-covid #microbiology #history

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MA Mark Shrime, MD, PhD

A tale of two tumors

The privilege of not going to the doctor

May 22, 2023 · 3 min read · 1,096 claps paywalled #surgery #global-surgery #health

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CO Cory Doctorow

Doctors’ union may yet save the NHS from Palantir

There is power in the union.

Feb 12, 2026 · 3 min read · 1,084 claps #palantir #nhs #privacy

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SA Sasha Andrieiev

Clinical Trial Management Software: Understanding EDC, CTMS, RTSM, IRT

The number of clinical trials per year has dramatically increased in this century, and quality assurance regulations are much tighter…

Nov 12, 2021 · 2 min read · 1,051 claps #clinical-trial-software #jelvix #edc

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TR Trisna Sunawar · Read or Die!

When Medical News Changes a Family

Doctor–patient communication procedure

Jun 09, 2026 · 3 min read · 1,031 claps paywalled #healthcare #family #health

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SU Sugashnandita · An Injustice!

The Cure for Being a Woman

In the 1870s, American doctors removed healthy ovaries to fix a simpler diagnosis: female rebellion

Jul 03, 2026 · 4 min read · 1,004 claps #history #women #feminism

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LO Loren Kantor

Dentistry in the Old West

In 1886 in the Wyoming Territory, ex-Confederate soldier and notorious gunfighter Clay Allison had a toothache. This wasn’t ordinary tooth…

Jun 19, 2026 · 5 min read · 988 claps paywalled #dentistry #dental-care #old-west