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Lots of health items in the news this week.  For your perusal, thoughts, and comments: Religious people who are suffering from terminal cancer are three times as likely to pursue aggressive, life-prolonging treatments like mechanical ventilators than those who do not profess a religious faith, according to a new study. “People think that spiritual patients…

Whether yours was harrowing or joyful or both, unless you’re a guy who missed the fun, you probably remember your first period. I’m excited to read “My Little Red Book,” a new collection of 92 anecdotes from women of all ages about their first encounter with Aunt Flo, edited by 18-year-old Rachel Kauder Nalebuff.  A New…

The swirling news rumors about Natasha Richardson took the worst possible turn yesterday: the family friend who  told People magazine “there is no chance” for the actress’ recovery after a ski accident turned out to be right. Richardson died at age 45. After her fall (on a beginner’s slope, apparently), Richardson was talking and joking…

Radio shock jock Don Imus made public his prostate cancer diagnosis today.  As I shared last week, my dad got that same news last summer.  Seeing the words “prostate cancer” anywhere, but especially on the news, give me a little zing of anxiety-memory from that period, when my  family was consumed with learning the vocabulary…
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