Of course it was fine to have a rabbi visit the hospital, I told my patient’s son. It was only as they were about to enter the room that I noticed that the rabbi was carrying a white chicken in his arms.
He wanted his body given to a medical school or research organization. It wasn’t that simple.
Cancer treatment and its aftereffects can prompt a cleaning binge and emptying of shelves. But for what, exactly, are we making room?
My inability to type has become a funny, disarming moment in an otherwise usually serious encounter between surgeon and patient, helping to mitigate some of the tension that can develop.
Too many black parents believe beatings make kids better people.
I medicated with pot for most of my career. I wasn’t alone.
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Letters to the editor and online comments.
October 2, 2014
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October 1, 2014
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Simple precautions can prevent a nasty reaction from contact with poison ivy and related plants, which can harm even those who have had previous uneventful exposures.
How do you feed two children in a family when one is overweight and one is underweight?
Suleika Jaouad, a writer from Saratoga Springs, N.Y., is chronicling her experiences as a young adult with cancer.
The research is based on men, whose clutching of the chest and sudden collapse bears little resemblance to the experience of most women.
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