Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: chronicity

  • Heterozygous advantage: How one deadly disease prevents another

    Neal Krishna Boston, Massachusetts, United States   An allegory of malaria. Process print after M. Sand. Wellcome Collection. CC BY 4.0. Of all the genetic disorders to which man is known to be a victim, there is no other that presents an assemblage of problems and challenges quite comparable to sickle cell anemia. Because of…