J.A. Carter-WinwardMar 115 minPause For A Moment(From the web, too many to credit) I'm at that special age when I have to rely on anecdotal stories from other women to figure out what...
J.A. Carter-WinwardJul 25, 20216 minI Believe that You BelieveMy husband dislikes the term "patient," especially in the therapeutic sense. Someone may have a Ph.D in psychology, but we're not their...
J.A. Carter-WinwardJun 12, 20214 minDrug Ads on Prime TimeTrue Absurdity Collage used with permission by Katherine Streeter This week I've spent a lot of time doing research for a book via...
J.A. Carter-WinwardApr 29, 202112 minTHE DEMONS WE KNOWThe Consequences of Abdicating Personal Responsibility in Healthcare I don't have many vices. I eat clean (meaning, locally grown when...
J.A. Carter-WinwardApr 13, 20219 minFunctional Neurological Disorder = "I Don't Know"I was downstairs with my 11-year-old granddaughter watching a movie and she got up to go upstairs. I noticed she was limping heavily. I...
J.A. Carter-WinwardApr 3, 20215 minIt's Not Just About The Children "It's Not Just About the Children" It's so easy to ignore. It's easy because it can't happen to your child. Or it didn't. Or it won't....
J.A. Carter-WinwardMar 26, 202114 minRESPECT v. HUBRISIn the Wake of Western Medicine's Miracles and Disasters Collage by J.A. Carter-Winward R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me… One...
J.A. Carter-WinwardMar 8, 20217 minHow "You Do You" & National Women's DayWhat if it's broken, and we don't want to fix it? Then what? The best way to not have a problem? Refuse to acknowledge it.
J.A. Carter-WinwardFeb 14, 20216 minWhat's Your Story?My dad had a cartoon he'd cut out from the newspaper on the metal file cabinet in his downstairs basement "office." It had a man getting...
J.A. Carter-WinwardJan 23, 20219 minCATASTROPHE v. ADVERSE EVENTI had a brief message exchange with someone who has firsthand knowledge of the aftermath of an ADVERSE DRUG EVENT. Stephen's Voice –...
E. Kent WinwardJan 3, 20214 minMy Medications Burn Through This BodyA Review/Commentary On My Spirit Burns Through This Body By Akwaeke Emezi in the Paris Review I wrote a more literary review of Emezi's...
E. Kent WinwardJan 1, 20212 minThis Is Our Mind on MedicationsOn Facebook, the moderator of The Thinking Project Podcast asked "Tell me the questions you have on your mind today? I bet we can figure...
E. Kent WinwardDec 13, 20203 minWhat Does the "V" Mean?The V isn't something we created. They literally represent 'violence.' My artist-wife co-opted the "V" as a symbol for the Black Box...
J.A. Carter-WinwardNov 22, 20203 minMission StatementDo you know what the SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING is? Of course you do. WHY IS THAT? In 1969 and 1988, respectively, the Federal Government...
J.A. Carter-WinwardNov 22, 202010 minWikificktionThe Mitchell-Martha Warning In the United States, the Mitchell-Martha[1] warning (sometimes referred solely as "Martha warning") is a...