Well, Well, Well: Products and services compete for shelf space in trendy wellness market, but are they worth your money?
When a friend recently asked me to join them for a class at Inscape, a New York-based meditation studio that
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Nodding Along
My grandmother was a strong and compassionate Egyptian woman, a mother of three, and a pathologist. On a glass slide,
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Too Many Eyes Between the Thighs: Sex and Surveillance
There’s a special bond between students and their teachers. As someone who used to teach young children, I know firsthand
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#BoPo: Body positivity in the age of obesity
When I was younger, I loved watching the televised broadcasts of New York Fashion Week. I grew up in the
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Running Low and No Longer Running
I recently completed a rotation in endocrinology, and I learned valuable lessons about diabetes management in both the inpatient and
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Keeping Abreast of Lactation Laws
“Infant forced to go without milk, Mom says it’s not her fault.” This seems like the kind of terrifying headline
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In the Business of Medicine, Be Your Own Boss
As medical students, we exist between two worlds. On the one hand, we’re tasked with learning as much as we
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What’s the Deal with Vaginal Breech Delivery?
Back in May, I attended the 2016 American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) Annual Scientific and Clinical Meeting in
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Goals between 1st and 2nd Year
When we were young, summer days were our most free. Our neighborhoods suddenly became hives of activity; kids playing baseball
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