Tag: life
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Immunotherapy: The Fourth Cancer Treatment
By Carrie Bergener, MHA, RN Cancer treatment has come a long way since its earliest days, and one of the most exciting advances is immunotherapy. While it might seem like a modern breakthrough, the concept of harnessing the immune system to fight cancer is over a century old. And today, immunotherapy stands alongside surgery, chemotherapy,…
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How My Healthcare Experience Shaped My Writing
My writing voice was forged long before I ever called myself a writer. It began in high school, as that young, fiery girl faced the challenges of growing up, turned scientific in the college years as each assignment grew in complexity, and continued to hone skills within the walls of a teaching hospital with research…
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Listening Again: the sound of staying engaged.
Hearing loss is sneaky – it doesn’t announce itself; it slowly shrinks your world without asking permission. I’ve always trusted my body – it shows up for me every day. I exercise, teach yoga, bike, and hike – feel younger than my years, and I live like someone much younger – so this adjustment felt…
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The Making of a Life
At the turn of each year, find an avid desire to know. Be driven by a passion that remains forever curious and never stops searching. Always turn to whatever desires life lays along the pathway. The impassioned, risk-taking time of childhood is untempered by fear, unrestrained by lessons learned, and embodied with a fervent love…
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Could You Have Stayed Longer?
There are times in this life, as we know it, when an understanding is so clear that it makes sense on every level of truth, and logic, and origin. And the origin of that truth does not matter. It is so profound that we cannot ignore it. It may calm and motivate you to a…
