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Caitjan Gainty, The Conversation

‘It’s all in your head’: How medical gaslighting hurts women, the elderly and the LGBTQI community

It occurs when doctors imposes a pattern of questions, testing or diagnosis that runs counter to the symptoms the patient is describing.

Caitjan Gainty, The Conversation
· Oct 03, 2023 · 10:00 pm
The science of resurrecting the ‘dead’ has a creepy history

Resuscitative efforts in the past centuries were understood to require the stimulation of the body back into mechanical action.

Caitjan Gainty, The Conversation
· Nov 15, 2021 · 11:30 pm
How snake oil got a bad name

Until the late 19th century, snake oil actually led a decidedly uncontroversial existence.

Caitjan Gainty, The Conversation
· Sep 20, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Covid-19: History shows that vaccines alone are not enough to eradicate a virus

Smallpox eradication teaches that high-tech vaccinations only work when they are effectively combined with low-tech public health strategies.

Caitjan Gainty, The Conversation
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Agnese Vitali, The Conversation
· Jan 17, 2021 · 07:30 pm