Tag Archive: medicine

Harnessing My Inner Nerd

I don’t think that my nerdiness comes as a surprise to those who know me. I embrace it. And yet, there are still moments where even I’m surprised by the extent of this affliction. As I sat down to review the 54 pages of session listings for the 2010 AMWA conference, I was smiling. Writing…

Unplugging From the News

I’m a news junkie. My homepage is set to Google News headlines. I read the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, BoingBoing and anything that shows up in my feed reader under a variety of custom-configured search parameters. And say what you will about Twitter as a tool for outbound communications, but the hive…

Making the Most of the Time You Have Left

“Nobody wants to die a slow, lingering death. But many Texans do. Half die in hospitals. One in five passes away in intensive care units. Often, their last months of life are expensive, painful exercises in medical futility.” So reads the introduction to “At the Edge of Life,” a five-part series examining the lives touched…