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Life Is Not a Movie

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While other newspaper columnists from his generation might have been crotchety and bemused about tweets and video streaming, Ebert’s medical realities propelled him to the head of the class, affording him newfangled awards like Webbys’ “ Person of the Year ” and the No. His online journal. His autobiography, Life Itself.

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The significance of women’s health is increasingly acknowledged in the modern workplace

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has seen a doubling of maternal mortality rates from 2002 to 2018, with a significant racial disparity affecting Black women. Infertility is not just a medical condition but a human experience with emotional, financial and often physical implications, all of which could ultimately affect productivity and engagement at work.

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How Michael J. Fox Finds Ways Around Life’s Obstacles

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While there are physical reminders of his disease, he’s able to control it most of the time with medication and a healthy lifestyle. That led to an investigation in 2002 as to whether some environmental factor played a role. In his suit jacket and jeans, he still looks younger than his years (he turns 62 in June). I just rested.

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Never Broken: How Singer-Songwriter Jewel Became a Mental Health Advocate

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Jewel’s mental health organization: Inspiring Children Foundation In 2002, after many years of putting what she learned to action, Jewel co-founded the Inspiring Children Foundation , which provides mental health programming to youth whose financial circumstances are a barrier to access. Because, unless my behavior changed, it didn’t matter.

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Lab rats – how the UK life sciences sector is struggling to find space to work

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It is striking how weighted Ireland’s export figures are to the life sciences, medical and pharmaceutical industries craved by the UK Just how significant is apparent when comparing the UK with Ireland. Its innovation, tested in human trials, targets tau tangles (abnormal clumps of protein that stick to neurons in the brain).

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What Is Happiness and Why Is It Important?

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in his 2002 best-selling book, Authentic Happiness. Many studies bear out that once basic needs (shelter, nutrition, security, adequate medical care, etc.) But focusing on why people are miserable—and reliving that misery one 45-minute session at a time—in order to get happy became, well, depressing for many in the mental health field.

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