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Archives for November 2015
The Ebola outbreak is under control, but the developing world remains rife with life-threatening diseases that we in the West barely notice. I should know — I caught three of them in three months.
While dusting the countertops of the wealthy, I saw everything from pills and booze to lube and human ashes.
My partner can’t give anything away because he believes no one would love it as much as he does.
Yale promises its students “little paradises.” Here’s how it failed.
Prior to taking meds, I struggled just to make small decisions, like exactly what time I should go to bed or how to phrase even mundane text messages to friends or my significant other.
An iPod might well trigger memories — but they won’t always be happy ones. You can bring the past back to a patient, but without training, are you sure you’ll know what to do once it arrives?
“You walk into a bookstore and it’s a sea of white.”
Murder rates in El Salvador driven by gang violence have spiked 67 percent in 2015. On average, 18 people are killed every day in a country with fewer people than Massachusetts.