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Category: Public Health, Medicine, and Science
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In an interview with Kate Whouley, the author of Remembering the Music, Forgetting the Words discusses her mother’s dementia and the lessons Whouley learned caring for her.
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Glenn Branch shares his summer reading, which includes scholarly tomes and comics explanations of the origins of life.
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Governor Rick Perry presides over a state in which 25 percent of men have no health insurance, and he’s pushed to de-fund family planning.
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In her new memoir, Kate Whouley shares the trying, the tender, and the sometimes hilarious moments in meeting the challenge also known as Mom.
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With the Tiger Woods era possibly behind us, could the new PGA champ be a model for how kids become sports stars?
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The exam room is like a confessional. Patricia Harman writes about some of the lessons she’s learned from her patients.
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The former first lady was never shy about expressing her views, but a Republican First Lady openly supporting the right to abortion would be unthinkable today.
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The American Academy of Pediatric recently issued a report recommending that kids avoid drinking sports drinks and stick to water. But can youth sports organizations overcome their addiction to the marketing dollars linked to sports drinks?
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A new look at the gambling industry provides an in-depth exploration of the costs of legalized gambling.
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Beacon Press author Carl Elliott has been under attack in a scenario best described by one of his many defenders as “Orwellian.” In order to defend academic freedom, his university argues, they must prevent him from speaking.
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