Opinion | ‘The Nose Is the Front Door of the Brain’: What We Heard This Week
“The nose is the front door of the brain.” — Ray Dorsey, MD, of the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York, describing how inhaled toxicants may play a role in the development of Parkinson’s and other brain diseases. “He’s going to walk out with a golden parachute we all paid for.” — Westby […]
Opinion | Love, Loss, and Loyalty in Palliative Care
“I just can’t. I can’t,” Wendy, an RN, sobbed into my hair. We barely made it out the door when our bodies collapsed together, puddles holding puddles. Our patient’s children, 5 and 7, had just left with their tiny gray backpacks, tiny soldiers off to the abyss. Pastel crayon drawings, with rainbows and stick figures, […]
I Was Afraid To Be Alone With My Baby. This Is The Common Issue I Was Dealing With.
I walked through the door of my son’s nursery, plastering a fake smile to my face as I did all the things expected of a new mother: nursing, changing, rocking, singing, playing. I couldn’t let my 4-month-old see how much I was failing him. I had been born and bred to be a mother, taught […]