Tag: Healthcare
All longform pieces tagged with #healthcare on The Slow Scroll
Nicola Twilley writes about the challenges, historical context, and current research efforts surrounding the development of artificial blood substitutes, both from lab-grown red blood cells and synthetic alternatives. For something so abundantly produces by our bodies, we are sti...
Elizabeth Austin shares her tumultuous journey as a mother navigating her daughter's cancer diagnosis. While other parents seem to embody strength and hope, Austin reveals her struggles with alcohol and despair, a stark contrast to the idealized image of a "cancer mom.”
Through the lens of her father's battle with mesothelioma, a disease caused by exposure to asbestos, Charlotte Bailey explores the devastating impact of asbestos. She challenges the perception that asbestos is a relic of the past, but a thread that many still face today, decades ...
Humans always end up with clogged arteries, right? That’s not what the lives of the Tsimane in the Amazon basin tell us.
Regulators approved controversial therapies amid excess deaths, questionable efficacy, and conflicts of interest.