Video Vignettes: Through Their Own Eyes: Ovarian Cancer Members of the Ovarian Cancer Support Community on Inspire often refer to each other as “Teal Sisters*.” It's a term of solidarity and camaraderie as they face their condition together. Their posts reflect and express warmth, concern, understanding and an eagerness to help. Below [...]
Video Vignettes: Through Their Own Eyes: Heart Bypass Surgery Our hearts start to beat at around a month and a half into pregnancy.1 We may take its constancy for granted until something goes wrong. Worldwide, cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death with 17.7 million deaths each year.2 Coronary artery disease [...]
What We Can Learn From Patients' Stories What is disease? As bioethicist, Jackie Leach Scully wrote, “Most of us feel we have an intuitive grasp of the idea, reaching mentally to images or memories of colds, cancer or tuberculosis. But a look through any medical dictionary soon shows that articulating a satisfactory [...]
