It's not news that women are often taken less seriously than men in health care settings, but the data can be eye-opening — and infuriating. From "The Headache" (amzn.to/44TeSXu).

#migraine #headache

If these trying times are giving you a headache, have I got the book for you! And for a limited time, you can get 25% off @barnesandnoble.com.

Uncorrected proofs. It's wild to see this thing emerging from its longtime home in my brain (often in the anxious cauldron of the amygdala), and into the corporeal world. Anyway, one step closer to publication day.

Some context on the NIH layoffs.... (1/3)

When my book comes out in July, I will be forced to talk about headaches. I've had them for 30 years — a terrible kind that people close to me, but few others, knew about. I will be an imperfect spokesperson for inexplicable pain — and primary headache disorders are just that. But I will do my best.

Whoopsie.

Interesting passage in @saratalpos.bsky.social's recent interview with biosecurity expert Gerald Epstein. They set up an elaborate system for reviewing risky gain-of-function research projects, but almost no one submits proposals—even though ~20 percent of institutions report doing such work.

Greetings new and old friends. I don't know what to post here, so I will start with this, from the trail camera in our yard.