Aug. 2, 2023 – It’s a story as old as teaching. Young children staring off into space during class, seemingly oblivious to the lesson and any anything else happening around them. But Sara-Rivka Bass, an elementary teacher in Brooklyn, has…
Year: 2023
“Deep in the forest I stroll to hear the wisdom of my soul.” ~Angie Weiland-Crosby In October 2021, my partner and I embarked on a journey to summit Mt. St. Helens, an 8,263-foot active volcano in Washington State. We have…
July 31, 2023 – Enrollment is opening for four clinical trials to evaluate new treatments for long COVID, the National Institutes of Health announced at a media briefing Monday. More clinical trials to test at least seven other treatments are…
Aug. 1, 2023 — Most people hear “firm handshake” and automatically think “business world.” A cursory search reveals articles with titles like “Seven Super-Revealing Things Your Handshake Says About You” (Forbes) and “How a Handshake Can Tell You Everything You…
Aug. 1, 2023 – Ashley Raibick is familiar with the weight loss yo-yo. She’s bounced through the big names: Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, etc. She drops 10 pounds and then slides off the plan only to see her weight pop…
“The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.” ~Marianne Williamson When you hear the word “forgiveness,” what do you feel? Forgiveness used to make me feel uncomfortable. I would physically contract when I…
Matthew Holt According to their press release, “Dexcare is a care-access platform to manage the logistics of digital-care delivery. The platform enables healthcare systems to forecast and predict demand and manage how and where care is merchandized to consumers –…
July 31, 2023 – A groundbreaking study estimates nearly 1 in 100 Americans have inflammatory bowel disease and shines a light on the growing burden the disorder inflicts in the United States, where up to 56,000 new cases are diagnosed…
“After you give so much of yourself to people over the years, one day you wake up and realize that you need someone to give to you too.” ~Sylvester McNutt One of the biggest surprises I found on my self-care…
BY ANISH KOKA Filling in the holes of recent stories in the New York Times, and Propublica on the outpatient care of patients with peripheral arterial disease Most have gotten used to egregiously bad coverage of current events that fills…