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What If Communities Living With Rare Conditions held the Key to a More Humane Medicine? Report from the World Orphan Drug Congress 2025, Amsterdam.
The next scientific revolution will be led by patients’ wisdom and human dignity, and it won’t be televised. Last week, at the World Orphan Drug Congress in Amsterdam, I had a profound experience. As I moved between conversations—wearing my different… Continue reading
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Beyond the P-Value: Decolonizing What Counts as Significant in Medicine—A Patient-Empowering Story to Reclaim our Human Reality (Short Book actively searching for a publishing house)
How a simple statistical number became medicine’s cultural gatekeeper—and how we reclaim truth beyond binaries. TRIGGER WARNING The following text contains the overlooked, invaluable lived experiences of countless humans with the hegemony of modern Western science over patients and humanity—its… Continue reading
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🌿 Summer of Unlearning Series: A Reading Series for Reimagining Healthcare – Week 2 – Ed Cohen’s A Body Worth Defending – What if our bodies aren’t battlefields?
Every Friday until summer vacation, I’ll share a book that cracks open the foundations of medical science—so you can build a liberatory reading list for the break. This series honors the artist-researchers with whom I collaborate as a science decolonization… Continue reading
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DIY Medicine and the Politics of Empowerment.
Biohacking, Psycho-Hacking, and the Decolonization of Health: How DIY Medicine Became a Tool of Liberation Throughout history, marginalized communities have pioneered DIY medicine as a means of survival, empowerment, and resistance against exclusionary medical systems. Before biohacking became a 21st-century… Continue reading
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Black History Month: Honoring Ancestral African Legacy in Healthcare & Medicine.
“If we stand tall, it is because we stand on the shoulders of many ancestors.” – African proverb. When we think of medical innovation, the vast contributions of sub-Saharan Africa are often overlooked. Yet, long before colonial narratives distorted or erased these… Continue reading
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What can a visit to the Amsterdam Eye Filmmuseum tell us about medical expertise and patient empowerment?
“The intersection of art, anthropology, and medical science is vital for showcasing different perspectives on the latter. If we are open and curious enough to venture into that space, it can aid in self-reflection. I experienced this firsthand today at… Continue reading
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