‘I started experimenting with drugs and alcohol when I was around 11. I wouldn’t have become addicted from that very moment, but there would’ve been a lot of experimentation,” Anthony Deegan explains. omeone said to him, “here try this”, he recalls, adding that the first substances he used would have been solvents and aerosol cans.… Read More »
Health News Loading the player… Rev. Jesse Jackson has healed and says he’s ready to get back to work. The civil rights icon was released from the Northwestern-affiliated Shirley Ryan AbilityLab after a three-week stay. According to Chicago Suntimes, he was initially suffering from abdominal pains and underwent surgery. “When I entered the rehab center, I… Read More »
Pending an HIV vaccine, injectable PrEP is the most promising research direction, Anthony Fauci tells aidsmap.com “The enormity of the problem is how I keep going,” Dr Anthony Fauci told a meeting of global health journalists yesterday. “I haven’t had a single day off since 20th January last year, but the necessity of dealing with the… Read More »
Sean Hehir says he’s grateful to be able to run this weekend’s KBC Virtual Dublin Marathon – even though he expects his eight-year run of sub-2:20 performances to come to an end. Hehir was struck by a car last December, shortly after the birth of his daughter Sophia, as he was out for a run.… Read More »
The coronavirus patient, a 75-year-old man, was dying. No family member was allowed in the room with him, only a young nurse. In full protective gear, she dimmed the lights and put on quiet music. She freshened his pillows, dabbed his lips with moistened swabs, held his hand, spoke softly to him. He wasn’t even… Read More »
Our Ages Added Up Perfectly In 1990, I joined Herb’s campaign for South Carolina governor. Herb wanted to overturn the provision in the state constitution that prohibited atheists from holding public office. We met in person, then fell in love via phone and letter during the summer. I worried about telling him my age. When… Read More »