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Beyond Goodbye – Coping After the Loss of a Loved One
In January 2011, Joshua Amos Harris Edmonds was killed in a road traffic accident in Vietnam. He was 22 and on the trip of a lifetime traveling across South East Asia. His parents created Beyond Goodbye — a book, website, and film — as a place for family and friends to remember Josh, as well…
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what is Psychosomatic Medicine? (Interview)
I had the pleasure of a brief Q&A with Dr. Mary Alice O’Dowd, Director of the Psychosomatic Medicine Consultation Service at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. Dr. O’Dowd is also Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, author or co-author of almost one hundred peer reviewed articles, chapters, editorials, abstracts and…
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47-year-old Adam Yauch Dies of Cancer – A License to Ill
I had no idea Adam Yauch, a.k.a. MCA, had been battling cancer, so it came as quite a shock to me this morning. He’s survived by his wife Dechen Wangdu and his 14-year-old daughter Tenzin. Having an intimate history with Adam and the Beastie Boys‘ Hip Hop, I had to stop my day immediately to…
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Services Will Honor the Seven Victims of Oikos University
Vigil Tonight at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, CA. Today is the National Day of Prayer, and services will honor the seven victims of Oikos University, who were tragically killed last week in Oakland. Students, friends, and family members plan to congregate at a local community college to mourn the loss of these young lives. The vigil services…
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Former NFL linebacker Junior Seau dead at 43
Junior Seau, a well-known retired NFL player who spent much of his career on the San Diego Chargers, was found dead today at his Oceanside, California home. Seau’s girlfriend, whose name is not currently being released, is the one who discovered Seau with a gunshot wound to the chest. A handgun was found lying nearby.…
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Wireless Enabled Granite Solves Problem of No Headstone for Green Burial
Phoenix, Arizona – Objecs, the owner of the RosettaStone brand of memorial products, has introduced a one pound granite obelisk for use in green burial memorials where traditionally no headstone is present. The stone obelisk is made from a solid block of premium black granite and sized for shelf or desktop placement. The leading feature of…
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“House” by David Shore
Insights from the TV show House, a medical drama that challenges how we think about illness, ethics, and end-of-life care(Spoiler Alert!) Watching the episode of the TV show “House” last night in which the main character’s best friend Wilson, a resident Oncologist finds out he has a large tumor, was perhaps the most outrageous TV show I have ever seen. The intent of the ‘House’ writers is to entertain but this show begged for…
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“The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”
Junot Diaz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel manages to put death in a beautiful lightAs its title suggests, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao tells the life story of a young individual, up until his death. In fact, Junot Diaz‘s 2007 novel contains many deaths, but I’m going to examine specifically those of Oscar and his mother, near the end of the book. Oscar, whose real last name is…
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Exploring Grief, Loss, Death and Dying
Exploring Death This anonymous blogger created the blog entitled SarSaparillameliSSa to explore her world through photography and the written word. “The Tree that Bleeds” is a poem dedicated to exploring death. Here’s an excerpt: Long sunset shadows chill his bones. He skulks low, hidden in the gloom. Cog, integral to the quiet wooded coomb. A…
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