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Clayton Dalton

Medical Resident, Massachusetts General Hospital

Clayton M Dalton is a medical resident at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He attended medical school at Columbia University.

Written by Clayton Dalton

Gloved hands holding a pile of pink tablets with imprints, background showing a blue garment.

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Illness and disease

Chronic

For big pharma, the perfect patient is wealthy, permanently ill and a daily pill-popper. Will medicine ever recover?

Clayton Dalton

Elderly Chinese women dancing in a row on a sunny promenade with mountains in the background and seagulls flying above.

idea

Medicine

Lifestyle changes, not a magic pill, can reverse Alzheimer’s

Clayton Dalton

A weekly pill organiser filled with various coloured tablets and capsules in each compartment set against a dark background.

idea

Medicine

There is nothing inevitable or natural about chronic disease

Clayton Dalton