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How Medical Schools Are Fighting Racial Disparities in Health Care

By Ericka Sóuter

A growing number of medical schools are intent on reducing the racial disparities by raising awareness of the social determinants of health: issues such as lack of transportation, food insecurity, housing, poverty, and isolation that play a critical role in a patient’s life and ability to get care.

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Advice on Dire Diagnoses From a Survivor

With each diagnosis, knowing her life hung in the balance, she was “stunned, then anguished” and astonished by “how much energy it takes to get from the bad news to actually starting on the return path to health.”

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How People With Autism Forge Friendships

Most autistic people want to and can make friends, though their relationships often have a distinctive air.

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Sometimes the Best Medicine for a Veteran Is the Company of Another Veteran

Veterans are molded by military culture—a unique set of values, traditions, language and humor, with unique subcultures. It has enough consistency across different branches, ranks and time periods to make most veterans feel a kinship.

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Mind, Body and Sport: How Being Injured Affects Mental Health

Injuries, while hopefully infrequent, are often an unavoidable part of sport participation. While most injuries can be managed with little to no disruption in sport participation and other activities of daily living, some impose a substantial physical and mental burden.

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Structural Racism Is Taking a Toll on Children’s Mental Health

Racism and social inequality don’t just affect adults. Here's why they have a profound impact on the mental health of children of color.

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Healing Relationships Through Compassion and Connection

Applying Buddhist teachings to emotional healing with relationships, marriage, and lust.

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