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Health and wellness
As a history student at the University of Iowa, Evan Hudson did not expect his recreational experimentation with opioids to have long-term consequences. But...
I work with homeless and at-risk youth. I’ve been doing it for 42 years, during the first couple decades in or around New York City and for the last 20 years...
The knife was in his mouth pirate style, the serrated blade turned inward. “No, no, no!” I cried. When I gently pulled the sharp object from my toddler’s lips...
I have a friend in Europe who can barely keep a job. She’s brilliant, well-educated, charming, and loaded with experience in all aspects of her profession. The...
Life is full of trouble. That should be obvious. And, when trouble comes, oftentimes Catholics and other Christians don’t know how to reconcile their grief and...
My father was seriously ill several times in his last years of life. He could have received the sacrament of the anointing of the sick when facing surgery for...
Los Quijotes, a San Antonio nonprofit, has been bringing free medical care to Mexico since 1989. The Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word have supported...
Ten years ago, I lived by the Venice Beach Boardwalk, famous for its outdoor weightlifting complex known as Muscle Beach. Bodybuilders such as Arnold...
Since its earliest days, television has profitably mined physicians, hospitals, and stethoscopes for a steady stream of reliably popular medical dramas. But...
