Stories
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The leukaemia diagnosis I didn’t see coming
Treatment for leukaemia kept journalist Hannah Partos in isolation, like the female prisoner whose image inspired her to write this piece.
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How shame makes us sick
The fight-or-flight response can have long-term consequences for our bodies if left unchecked. Lucia Osborne-Crowley investigates how shame and trauma are connected, and how both can lead to chronic ill health.
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Womb milk and the puzzle of the placenta
A human baby needs milk to survive – and this holds true even before it’s born. Joanna Wolfarth explores “womb milk”, as well as ancient and modern ideas about the placenta.
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What the wind can bring
In this extract from ‘This Book is a Plant’, Amanda Thomson shares a newfound fascination with flowers, and reveals why our relationship with plants can also be complicated.
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Liver
Kevin Mackenzie, University of Aberdeen
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Liver: penicilliosis with HIV
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Liver: HIV and drug-induced cholestasis
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On the existence, within the liver cells, of canaliculi which are in direct communication with the blood capillaries / by E.A. Schäfer.
Sharpey-Schäfer, E. A. (Edward Albert), Sir, 1850-1935.Date: [1902]
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On nutritive channels within the liver cells which communicate with the lobular capillaries / by E.A. Schäfer.
Sharpey-Schäfer, E. A. (Edward Albert), Sir, 1850-1935.Date: 1902