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Canada Delays Plan to Offer Medically Assisted Death to the Mentally Ill

Shirley H. Linnerster

Canada is postponing a plan to offer people suffering from mental illnesses the option of a medically assisted death, two cabinet ministers said on Monday.The announcement by Mark Holland, the…

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The Man in Room 117

Shirley H. Linnerster

Sam and Olga had concluded that only involuntary treatment could break the cycle for Andrey — something open-ended, combining long-term injectable medications with intensive therapy and counseling.They are part of…

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Jon Franklin, Pioneering Apostle of Literary Journalism, Dies at 82

Shirley H. Linnerster

Jon Franklin, an apostle of narrative short-story style journalism whose own work won the first Pulitzer Prizes awarded for feature writing and explanatory journalism, died on Sunday in Annapolis, Md.…

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How Worcester Polytechnic Institute Weathered a Spate of Suicides

Shirley H. Linnerster

“Were you burned out,” I asked.Her face was flat. “I still am,” she said. “Yeah. Yes, and I still am.” Worcester is famous for the snow dumps it receives in…

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Even Rats Are Taking Selfies Now (and Enjoying It)

Shirley H. Linnerster

When Augustin Lignier, a professional photographer in Paris, was in graduate school, he began to ponder the point of picture-taking in the modern world: Why did so many of us…

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Berish Strauch, Path Breaker in Reconstructive Medicine, Dies at 90

Shirley H. Linnerster

Berish Strauch, a plastic surgeon whose pioneering procedures and devices to reattach or replace vital body parts included one of the first toe-to-thumb transplants, a device to reverse vasectomies and,…

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With Harsh Anti-L.G.B.T.Q. Law, Uganda Risks a Health Crisis

Shirley H. Linnerster

For decades, Uganda’s campaign against H.I.V. was exemplary, slashing the country’s death rate by nearly 90 percent from 1990 to 2019. Now a sweeping law enacted last year, the Anti-Homosexuality…

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King Charles’s Prostate Treatment Is Common Among Men His Age

Shirley H. Linnerster

King Charles III will have a procedure to address an enlarged prostate at a hospital next week. The 75-year-old British monarch’s diagnosis is common among men his age, and experts…

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Roy Calne, Pioneering British Organ-Transplant Surgeon, Dies at 93

Shirley H. Linnerster

Roy Calne, a British surgeon whose work on organ transplantation helped turn what was once considered impossible into a lifesaving procedure for millions of people around the world, died on…

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An Ultrasound Experiment Tackles a Giant Problem in Brain Medicine

Shirley H. Linnerster

There is a problem with the recently approved Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm. It can remove some of the amyloid that forms brain plaques that are hallmarks of the disease. But most…