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You (actually do) need a vacation
A recent meta-analysis found that the immediate effects of a vacation are more long-lasting and profound than previously believed. As long as you focus…
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Teens, screens, and suicide
A new study from JAMA and the Emmy-nominated documentary Social Studies, by Lauren Greenfield, highlight the link between social media addiction and…
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Wanna make a difference?
The FDA is about to hold its "Expert Panel on Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy for Women." The more of us who show up on the YouTube livestream…
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The Puzzle
On being human in a time of inhumanity
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June 2025

Are you about to lose your health insurance?
Today, those of us in NY who rely on state health insurance were sent a text saying we are about to lose our coverage. Did you get a text from your…
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The Crisis in Primary Care
If the so-called "Big Beautiful Bill"--or what I like to call the Unhinged Ugly Usurping--passes the Senate, say goodbye to finding a primary care…
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Absentee Mothers
Two new books by authors Molly Jong-Fast and Nicola Kraus--one memoir, the other fiction--explore how the trauma of maternal absence ripples into the…
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April 2025

The path to success is paved with... siblings?
NYT journalist, Susan Dominus, believes our parents' influence is less important than that of our siblings. The Family Dynamic, her new book, maps out…
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Moving vans and thwarted plans
Since leaving college, I've moved 18 times within 3 different countries. Most were forced. All were stressful. But this move, combining two families…
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A Webby for Debbie?
Leaning into my long-ago retired childhood nickname to let you know some good news. But, like, make it rhyme.
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March 2025

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