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Month: April 2020

Reclaiming ‘Florid’

Florid means something sinister in medicine, and something else in nature.

Jennifer Brokaw / April 13, 2020

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Giving Shingles the Short Shrift: New vaccine could make shingles just a bad memory.
There aren't too many non-lethal conditions more dreadful than shingles, also known as varicella zoster. Although shingles can be lethal too if the host is ... Read More »
How to Talk to Your Doctor about Death
It's a very old insight that in order to live your best life, you need to think — and talk — about death. Read More »

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