Medical Writing You Don’t Want to Miss

By Kate Rope

I wanted to marry a doctor or a lawyer. Not because of the slab of bacon he’d bring home (though that would’ve been nice), but because I am so fascinated by medicine and law that I imagined never getting bored at the dinner table.

Well, I ended up with a fellow journalist. The paycheck may not be as big, but thankfully, the conversation is stimulating. Still, it doesn’t scratch my medical itch. So until my brother graduates from med school in four years, I have to go online for tales of fascinating patients, gross-out diagnoses, medical controversies, and incredible stories of survival.
Here are a few of my current favorites. Read More