Endometriosis is an incredibly interesting disease

Thinking about disease as a complex individualized consequence of genes and infections and stress and our immune systems means living with uncertainty instead of diagnostic clarity. The twentieth century was, as Sontag put it, “an era in which medicine’s central premise is that all diseases can be cured.” The twenty-first century will be an era in

I sat reading James Salter—“We cannot imagine these diseases, they are called idiopathic, spontaneous in origin, but we know instinctively there must be something more, some invisible weakness they are exploiting. It is impossible to think they fall at random, it is unbearable to think it”—and I found myself nodding in recognition. Whether it was p

Am I in pain or am I suffering? is meant to raise awareness as the only way out is through.

Why is long-term sexual fidelity so difficult for so many couples? Why does sexual passion often fade, even as love deepens? Why are women potentially multi-orgasmic, while men all too often reach orgasm frustratingly quickly and then lose interest? Is sexual jealousy an unavoidable, uncontrollable part of human nature? Why are human testicles so m

I looked around me—really looked, as if for the first time. It’s not an exaggeration to say that every single one of my clients who came to me for psychological treatment also had underlying physical symptoms. Long out of school, I started to ask new questions: Why did so many of my clients suffer from digestive issues, ranging from irritable bowel