To the Editor: Re “When Does a Nurse’s Mistake Become a Crime?,” by Daniela J. Lamas (Opinion guest essay, Sunday Review, April 17): While systems absolutely need to improve to prevent medical errors, we must not ignore one of the most pertinent contributors to errors that Dr. Lamas alludes to […]
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Attacking umpires, chasing referees, fans in fistfights with other fans? Have we lost our minds? Well, when actor Will Smith can walk up to Academy Awards host Chris Rock, smack him in the face and receive a standing ovation 40 minutes later, yes, our culture is kind of broken. We’re […]
When we meet Sam, the 40-something protagonist of the HBO dramedy “Somebody Somewhere,” she has returned to her hometown, Manhattan, Kan., to care for her dying sister — and finds herself stuck there, single, unhappy, struggling with aging parents and a dead-end job. While her other sister runs a tchotchkes […]
Quackery won’t disappear by deplatforming or censoring people. Dr. Mercola proved that: After his posts were curtailed by Twitter and Facebook, he simply migrated to the newsletter platform Substack, where he’s one of a number of anti-vaccine activists reportedly making over $1 million annually for stoking vaccine fears. If we […]
The next day, much to my surprise, I was taken to the hospital and admitted to the acute medical unit with a platelet count of one (the normal range is 150 to 300). My doctors struggled to piece together my record and quizzed me on my medical history in order […]
I had breast cancer that had traveled to my lymph nodes, and on a bone scan it appeared to have spread to my skull. For two weeks, I had been reading the dismal, nauseating survival statistics for younger women with metastatic breast cancer. “If I were in Vegas, I’d put […]
I was recently talking with a friend who started her own speech therapy private practice. We were talking about how much work starting a business is and how confusing it can be. One of the hardest parts of starting a business is actually starting! Today I would like to spotlight […]