Gynecological Cancers and GYNCSM chat The majority of Gynecological cancers–Ovarian, Uterine/Endometrial, Cervical, Fallopian tube, GTD (Gestational Trophoblastic Disease), Vaginal and Vulvar–are considered rare. Even so, through social media, women who have experienced these cancers have found each other. One opportunity to connect is a...
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Healing Medicine With Stories
Something amazing is happening in Greater Boston! Two people meeting on stage, discussing their stories on camera…. Wait…that doesn’t sound incredible, does it? What if the two people are a doctor and patient sharing their experiences with each other? What if they are a doctor and patient discussing their LIVES? Two Perspectives on...
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The Sami people of Northern Scandinavia and Russia have over 180 words for snow and ice. Linguists and anthropologists talk about the evolution of a language as tied to ideas and needs that are most crucial to those who speak it. Our basic needs are food, water, shelter and sharing. When reading patient blogs, what Ernest Hemingway says about...
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The Navajo Sugar Monster Long ago the Holy People predicted that a monster would take over the Navajos. Our mothers and fathers would change…No longer were man and woman together. One after another this monster ate away their faces. It gnawed away Navajo identity….Everything turned from light to dark….Words ceased to exist. The Holy People begin to...
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