Healthy Scepticism

Listening to the voices of medicine’s critics, its doubters, its dispossessed, its antagonists since 2019.

[Healthy Scepticism @healthy_scept]

This past year, we've been working with @centricmoments on a project on community health, scepticism + activism. If you're interested in these things, as well as evidence, nursing, and healthcare policy, join us @theRCN on 22 June. Sign up for free here! https://t.co/5Ks2eIahuu

[Caitjan Gainty @therealcaitjan]

My book cover has arrived. I worry it might be better than the book. If this entices you to read it, here's a coupon for 30% off. E25CGNTY. https://t.co/FghMwG0t1u

[Caitjan Gainty @therealcaitjan]

This an in-person event, but we will also live stream. To sign up for the live stream, see the instructions on the poster.

[Dr Agnes Arnold-Forster @agnesjuliet]

Me, @ConryRita, and @NicolaWPardy (well, mainly them) have been making a film about hormonal birth control and mental health and the footage is just beautiful.

Can’t wait to screen the rough cut in Edinburgh on Monday!

[Healthy Scepticism @healthy_scept]

A little piece on the geopolitics of vaccine hesitancy to start the weekend off...on a slightly depressing note. https://t.co/qGdbLwE592 via @ConversationUK

[Dr Agnes Arnold-Forster @agnesjuliet]

A twelve-month teaching post at KCL on the history of science and technology!

[Dr Agnes Arnold-Forster @agnesjuliet]

I’m in a few home birth Facebook groups (mostly for interest, I did not have a home birth) and someone’s asked about SIDS…

Home births can be safe + wonderful, but the communities that can form around them…yikes

[Caitjan Gainty @therealcaitjan]

You can meet a few of our collaborators here: https://t.co/w3padsRmBV. And learn more about our project here: https://t.co/ohrNgEkPMC

[Caitjan Gainty @therealcaitjan]

All thanks as usual to @CWitchalls, editor extraordinaire! Those interested to know more might start with the scholars to whom this piece is most intellectually indebted: Susan Reverby (Examining Tuskegee, eg) or Harriet Washington (Medical Apartheid).

[Caitjan Gainty @therealcaitjan]

Pleased to see this published simultaneously @ConversationUK and @Smithsonian. https://t.co/Npbwe9iayQ

[Caitjan Gainty @therealcaitjan]

Apologies: messed up the link. The article is here: https://t.co/MLrtb8RELJ

[Caitjan Gainty @therealcaitjan]

With @agnesjuliet and Paul Addae, I've written this on Health Scepticism, which features work we did with @centricmoments. Huge thanks to our collaborators in the Brixton community. https://www.healthyscepticism.comhttps://wellcomecollection.org/articles/ZWcdJxEAACgAVS_7

[Healthy Scepticism @healthy_scept]

New from @therealcaitjan Medical gaslighting: when conditions turn out not to be 'all in the mind' https://t.co/c0pMfhifPs via @ConversationUK

[SHE - Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Education @CentreShe]

Don't miss SHEtalk April 20 at 12: The art of the data-driven exposé: Archie Cochrane, Thomas McKeown and mid-20th century medical scepticism by @therealcaitjan @KingsCollegeLon #medicinehistory #sustainable #education @UniOslo_GH https://t.co/lI2CUg8g84

[Dr Agnes Arnold-Forster @agnesjuliet]

And, it’s important to note, we’re keen on exploring all sorts of experiences of hormonal birth control, both positive + negative

[Dr Agnes Arnold-Forster @agnesjuliet]

Speaking of The UTI Documentary, we won a prize 🏆 👏🏻🏅

[Dr Agnes Arnold-Forster @agnesjuliet]

We’re making another documentary! This time about people's experiences with hormonal birth control, specifically focusing on its relationship to mental health, and are looking for people to interview.

If you are interested in taking part send an email to [email protected]

[Caitjan Gainty @therealcaitjan]

I wrote this on data and healthcare for @ConversationUK, from that 'deranged' darling of modern US medical history Ernest Codman to the rather disastrous healthcare forays of the all time winningest supercomputer on Jeopardy!, Watson.
https://t.co/xvup8ayO0B

[Science Gallery London @SciGalleryLon]

📺 Encounter Health Scepticism and discover an installation of portrait photographs and video interviews with Brixton residents, along with documentary videos about urinary track infections.
🗓Until Saturday 21 January, 5.30pm
📍Science Gallery London