Tag: health
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Thursday’s Child
When my first child was born at 5:24 am on September 20, 2001, he just missed being “Thursday’s child.” As a human-interest story, a Nashville TV station ran a news feature profiling the family of the first baby born each Thursday. At first, I was a little disappointed—Kendrick was perfect, and I wanted to show…
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Tip of the Spear
August 10th is Agent Orange Awareness Day in recognition of that day in 1961 when the U.S. began aerial spraying of herbicides in Vietnam. More than 50 years after the use of Agent Orange ended, this chemical continues to impact veterans and their families as well as multiple generations of Vietnamese. This past March, on…
Biomedical Prose 