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Don’t call me a strong Black woman

Her upbringing taught Jaydee Seaforth that she could never show pain or weakness, even when her internal distress was extreme. Find out how she learned to listen to her body.

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We need less ‘sickle cell warriors’ and more allies

Rejecting the epithet “warrior”, Cheryl Telfer describes the pervasive effect sickle cell disease has on her life, and calls for more people to donate blood to help sicklers.

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Silent threat

As Vanessa Peterson recovered from a frighteningly serious illness, she wondered whether it was linked to air quality. For many communities, she found, pollution is a political issue.

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Are doctors medical detectives?

Do doctors really identify medical conditions in the same way that detectives solve crimes? Neurologist Jules Montague makes her diagnosis.

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  • A black banjo player with a wooden leg. Photograph, ca. 1865 (?).
  • The muscles and tendons of the leg: two figures, including a black chalk sketch of a leg, bent at the knee. Pen and ink, with pink and brown watercolour washes, and black chalk, by C. Landseer, ca. 1815.
  • Muscles of the leg and the hand: six figures. Black and red chalk drawing, by C. Landseer, 1815.
  • A seated male nude with his left leg crossed over his knee and resting his cheek on his left hand. Black chalk drawing.
  • A seated male nude with his left leg crossed over his knee and resting his cheek on his left hand. Black chalk drawing.
  • Muscles of the upper leg and the groin: an écorché cadaver resting on a slab. Black, white and red chalk drawing, by C. Landseer, ca. 1815.
  • A reclining male nude with his right arm resting on his head and a fiant sketch of a leg. Black chalk drawing by J.J. Masquerier.
  • A Sinhalese black devil called Ayimane holding a cockerel in one hand and resting a leg on a giant blue cat. Gouache painting by a Sri Lankan artist.
  • The muscles and tendons of the leg and the arm (?). Pen and ink, with pink and brown watercolour washes, and black chalk and pencil, by C. Landseer, ca. 1815.
  • A black and white photo of a deflated naked female mannequin strewn in the sand with legs askew and mouth wide open [like the shape of a condom] with the words 'Libre de HIV' [free of HIV]; ; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Kuki Benski, [1995].
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