Category Archives: Exploration

Fear of Flying: The fear comes with it. You need to conquer it.

  Ellie pulled up to the corner of 82nd and Third Avenue in a red BMW convertible and screeched to a halt as a gust of hot summer wind blew her silky espresso hair around her face. Hannah slid in beside her and Ellie gave her a deep, searching kiss.

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Depression is Not a Synapse Problem, it’s a Network Problem. And Real Estate Counts!

A recent episode of the Charlie Rose Brain Series provides an exciting discussion of the evolution of our knowledge of depression, specifically of how our understanding has evolved from the synapse or “Big Pharma” model to a Network Model that reveals how many areas of the brain are implicated in depression.

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Prescription Pain Killers are on the Rise for Women When They Shouldn’t Be

A recent report from the Center for Disease Control states that: About 42 women die every day from a drug overdose (including those from prescription painkillers). Since 2007, more women have died from drug overdoses than from motor vehicle crashes. More than 940,000 women were seen in emergency departments for drug misuse or abuse in […]

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If I Should Have a Daughter: An Apologia for the Spoken Word, by Sarah Kay

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Who Are the Ladies in HBO’s Girls?

The trailer introducing each episode of the first season of Girls begins with Hannah asking the question “Who are the ladies?”followed by provocative hints of how they currently live:

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