Lifestyle & Relationships

Every Older Patient Has a Story. Medical Students Need to Hear It.
- Headlines & Highlights, Lifestyle & Relationships
- October 18, 2018
“Unfortunately, most education takes place within the hospital. If you’re only seeing the hospitalized elderly, you’re seeing the debilitated, the physically deteriorating, the demented. It’s easy to pick up ageist stereotypes.”
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Before losing battle with cancer, this 27-year-old woman penned a heartbreaking, eye-opening letter
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- January 8, 2018
“Tell your loved ones you love them every time you get the chance and love them with everything you have.”
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Sheryl Sandberg’s new book, ‘Option B,’ is a tale of grief and resilience
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- May 1, 2017
“The grief felt like a void, like it was sucking me in and pushing on me, pulling me in and I couldn’t even see or breathe. People who have been through this told me it gets better. And I didn’t really believe them. I want other people who go through things to believe it does get better.”
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9/11’s Second wave: Cancer and other diseases linked to the 2001 attacks are surging
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- September 16, 2016
“Today, 15 years after the attacks, doctors are starting to understand why people are still dying. When the towers came down, they say, they released a massive plume of carcinogens, turning lower Manhattan into a cesspool of cancer and deadly disease.”
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Driving while distracted: Why can’t we ignore the pings?
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- August 18, 2016
Just how addictive is the sound of a ping? Has it gotten you to check a text while driving, even though you know it can increase the risk of an accident?
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Our cellphones are killing us
- Headlines & Highlights, Lifestyle & Relationships
- June 18, 2016
Distracted walking or driving can literally end up killing you, as New York Post writer: Maureen Callahan points out with vivid examples of pedestrians and drivers who died with their cellphones in hand. Consider these headlines?
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The Endless Table: How recipes can keep your memories alive
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- April 22, 2016
When the father of celebrated Boston chef Joy Adams was nearing the end of his life, he chose hospice care in the home. Joy, along with the rest of her family, was there to support him. As CNN’s Ashley Strickland writes, Joy not only had fond childhood memories of several dishes her father made, but credited him with imparting to her a true love for food. So it should come as no surprise that that she used her culinary skills to comfort her dad by cooking for him.
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Get your New Year off to a good start with some quotes to inspire you
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- January 22, 2016
Get your New Year off to a good start with some quotes to inspire you.
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In the face of terror, the human spirit endures
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- November 20, 2015
CBS News Anchor, Scott Pelley, had a moving close to his November 18th newscast, where he was reporting from Paris in the aftermath of the horrific terrorist attacks. Somehow Pelley found just the right words and images to touch our hearts.
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Poignant moments unfold at a preschool in a retirement home
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- July 15, 2015
Have you ever heard of a pre-school being located in of all places a retirement home? Well apparently there are some 500 intergenerational programs at senior centers and long term care facilities across the country.
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What Generosity Does to Your Brain and Life Expectancy
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- May 4, 2015
Need an antidote to stress? Want to do something that’s good for your brain and may even help you to live longer? Research shows that giving of your time, talent & treasure not only benefits others, it’s good for you too.
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People who feel younger at heart live longer
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- April 24, 2015
There’s an old adage: “You’re only as old as you feel.” So does feeling younger than your biological age make it more likely that you’ll live longer?
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My Friend Died, But on Facebook She Still Seemed Alive
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- March 2, 2015
Years ago, you would probably get a phone call with news that a friend had died. But in today’s technology driven world, you may first learn about it from a text or on Facebook.
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NASCAR Driver Brian Scott’s Emotional Wedding Vows Go Viral
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- March 2, 2015
NASCAR driver Brian Scott did something so sweet and unexpected during his wedding ceremony a year ago January to his now bride, Whitney, that everyone in attendance was moved by it.
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When Grief Won’t Relent
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- February 20, 2015
What does it do to your health when you just can’t get over the loss of a loved one? Mourning and grieving after the loss of a loved one is a normal and challenging part of life. There are no words that ease the pain. What does make a difference is time, along with the caring and support of friends and family.
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