Disability impacts all of us. Chances are that we ourselves or someone we love lives with at least one disability–a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. Around 16 percent of the global population (close to one billion people) lives with a disability. And in the U.S., the rate… Read More »
What role might the myth of “female hysteria” play in women’s health disparities? For thousands of years, women’s health complaints were often diagnosed as “female hysteria” – a catch-all term that basically implied “it’s all in her head.” The condition was sometimes believed to be caused by a wandering uterus and/or sexual frustration. Doctors treated… Read More »
Fibromyalgia is a debilitating centralized pain condition experienced by millions of Americans. “Centralized” refers to origination or amplification of pain by a sufferer’s central nervous system. It is, in a true sense, pain that is “in one’s head” — but nevertheless as real and noxious as any other pain. Ultimately, pain is always something experienced… Read More »