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Capgras Delusion (To stay on page, right-click on links to open in a new tab) Capgras delusion is a psychiatric disorder in which a person holds a delusion that a friend, spouse, parent, or other close family member (or pet) has been replaced by an identical impostor. It is named after Joseph Capgras (1873–1950), a French psychiatrist. The Capgras […]
2021-11-25 Etching the Pain of Covid Into the Flesh of Survivors Heidi de Marco, Kaiser Health News It was Saturday morning at Southbay Tattoo and Body Piercing in Carson, California, and owner Efrain Espinoza Diaz Jr. was prepping for his first tattoo of the day — a memorial portrait of a man that […]
2021-11-24 Becerra Says Surprise Billing Rules Force Doctors Who Overcharge to Accept Fair Prices Michael McAuliff Overpriced doctors and other medical providers who can’t charge a reasonable rate for their services could be put out of business when new rules against surprise medical bills take effect in January, and that’s a good thing, Health […]
The first Thanksgiving is a key chapter in America’s origin story – but what happened in Virginia four months later mattered much more In the 19th century, there was a campaign to link the Thanksgiving holiday to the Pilgrims. Bettman/Getty Images Peter C. Mancall, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences This year marks the […]
Owning and interacting with pets, according to studies, can be a form of therapy for many. We have dedicated Saturday to dogs and Wednesday to cats, when we will post an article on each of those days. We will also post articles on occasion about other animals people may have as pets. – […]
2021-11-23 Why You Can’t Find Cheap At-Home Covid Tests Rachana Pradhan and Hannah Norman, Kaiser Health News While developing a rapid test that detects the coronavirus in someone’s saliva, Blink Science, a Florida-based startup, heard something startling: The Food and Drug Administration had more than 3,000 emergency use authorization applications and didn’t have the […]
2021-11-23 How the pandemic helped spread fentanyl across the US and drive opioid overdose deaths to a grim new high Emblems of America’s epidemics. David Gannon/AFP via Getty Images Andrew Kolodny, Brandeis University For the past 20 years, I have been engaged in efforts to end the opioid epidemic, as a public health official, researcher and […]
Learning to Love Cold-Weather Camping and Trekking (StatePoint) Do you identify as an outdoor enthusiast — but only during three seasons of the year? Here are some tips and recommendations for learning to love cold-weather camping, trekking and more: • Take up a new sport: Whether it’s ice climbing, snowshoeing or cross-country skiing, […]
2021-11-22 Stranded by the Pandemic, He Had Only Travel Insurance. It Left Him With a $38,000 Bill. Arthur Allen Duy Hoa Tran, a retired Vietnamese schoolteacher, arrived in Los Angeles in February 2020 to visit his daughter and 2-month-old grandson. Two weeks later, the door closed behind him. To prevent the spread of covid-19, […]
Book Review: How Vermin Helped Shape the Modern World November 2021 by Emily Cataneo Before the dawn of modernity, mutual de-lousing was a common social activity. The late- medieval denizens of Europe would sit around picking lice off of one another, and according to Lisa T. Sarasohn in her latest book, “Getting Under Our Skin: […]