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Xi Chen

Internal Medicine Doctor, NYU Langone Health

Xi Chen is an internal medicine doctor at NYU Langone Health, with an MFA in non-fiction from Columbia University. He writes about medicine and literature, with a focus on the stories of marginalised patients and healthcare workers. His work has appeared in The Guardian, Literary Hub, Catapult and Scientific American, among others. He lives in New York City, US.

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Dried ground leaves being poured from a scoop into a container indoors.

essayAddiction

The kratom question

Millions are turning to an unregulated herbal extract to curb their opioid addiction. But do the risks outweigh the benefits?

Xi Chen

Image of a human colon highlighted in blue, with a contrasting yellow-orange background, taken using a medical imaging technique to show the internal structure.

essayIllness and disease

Getting past ‘it’s IBS’

While science illuminates the gut-brain relationship, doctors remain ignorant and dismissive of patients with gut problems

Xi Chen

Silhouette of a person peering through blinds in a dimly lit room, with a pet carrier on the bed below.

essayIllness and disease

Are they the canaries?

People with multiple chemical sensitivity seem to be allergic to the world. What, if anything, can medicine do for them?

Xi Chen