Chronic Illness & Commentary

The Space Between Stable and Well

Medicine can measure chronic disease activity. It is much less equipped to measure whether patients have regained control of their lives.

Aug 21 • Chronic Illness & Commentary

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The Immune System's Horror of Itself

A history of how medicine learned the body could turn on itself.

Aug 14 • Chronic Illness & Commentary

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July 2026

Medicine Was Designed Around Men

For centuries, medicine treated men as the standard human body. Women are still living with the consequences.

Jul 29 • Chronic Illness & Commentary

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You Can’t “Out-Hack” Your Immune System.

Millionaire biohacker Bryan Johnson has a new autoimmune disease. It’s very ironic.

Jul 17 • Chronic Illness & Commentary

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June 2026

Women: Autoimmune Disease's Favorite Target

How sex hormones may help explain why women develop autoimmune diseases far more often than men.

Jun 28 • Chronic Illness & Commentary

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Do You Believe Me Now?

How medical dismissal continues to delay chronic illness diagnoses, treatment, and trust for women.

Jun 19 • Chronic Illness & Commentary

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May 2026

The Sickness Subscription

The recurring cost of being chronically ill in America’s “Big Healthcare” system

May 3 • Chronic Illness & Commentary

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April 2026

Fatigue: You're Not Just Tired

The biology behind chronic illness fatigue, and why it’s different than everyday sleepiness.

Apr 19 • Chronic Illness & Commentary

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March 2026

The Method for the Madness: Methotrexate

How a chemotherapy drug became the backbone for autoimmune treatment.

Mar 31 • Chronic Illness & Commentary

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What I Never Told You

A collection of what autoimmune patients had to learn on their own after their diagnosis.

Mar 21 • Chronic Illness & Commentary

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February 2026

Exercise in an Inflamed Body

Balancing immune system fragility with the benefits of physical activity.

Feb 26 • Chronic Illness & Commentary

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The Comorbidity Problem

Why autoimmune diseases cluster, and why patients accumulate diagnoses over time.

Feb 12 • Chronic Illness & Commentary

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