‘They just dismiss you’: Jenny is dying of cancer. It took years for doctors to take her seriously

‘They just dismiss you’: Jenny is dying of cancer. It took years for doctors to take her seriously

The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age today launch an investigation into medical misogyny with the help of more than 1800 women who shared their stories.

If you have read the following report of a reader of ScienceFiles, in which he describes his path of suffering, then you remain as stunned in the face of the cafkaesque character of our reader's experiences. He is incurably ill with cancer and lives alone. No one takes the time, the necessary information, about advantages/disadvantages, risks and benefits, dangers and dangers.

The Weight of Being Disbelieved – and the TikTok Community That Lightens It - Channel Kindness

During my freshman year of college, I sat beside a friend in class as she discreetly slid ice packs into her sleeves – a quiet attempt to soothe relentless joint pain without drawing attention. Despite her visible efforts to remain socially and academically engaged, campus clinicians minimized her symptoms and attributed her occasional absences from class to laziness. This pattern of medical gaslighting, in which healthcare providers (“HCPs”) di…