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  • The Changing Face of the Funeral Service IndustryAs many older morticians retire, they are replaced by a younger, female workforce

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    Brianna Deutsch

    The Changing Face of the Funeral Service Industry
    As many older morticians retire, they are replaced by a younger, female workforce

  • what is Psychosomatic Medicine? (Interview)

    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 […]

    Dana Sitar

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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 […]

    Suzette Sherman

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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 […]

    Suzette Sherman

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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 […]

    Liz Matsushita

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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 […]

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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, […]

    Suzette Sherman

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  • “Death, in itself, is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.”

    Kelly Larsen

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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 light

    “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”
    Junot Diaz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel manages to put death in a beautiful light

    As 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 […]

    Kelly Larsen

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  • Exploring Grief, Loss, Death and Dying

    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 […]

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