Category Archives: Something Special

As being “trauma-informed” becomes increasingly recognized as essential to addressing mental and physical health issues in both ourselves and others, new research sheds light on how different approaches to trauma can help or harm us. A recent study from researchers … Continue reading →

More than two-thirds of U.S. providers that deliver end-of-life care for terminally ill patients are for-profit hospice companies. Hospice care was once only administered by volunteer members of charities or religious organizations. The Medicare Hospice Benefit was later enacted by … Continue reading →

Picture it: a big, fancy funeral in a popular TV show or movie. Late-model hearses transport all of the attendees, who snark about each other while wearing Chanel and sunglasses, to a green cemetery. There, the bereaved say their good-byes … Continue reading →

Anyone who has ever lived through a significant loss knows that grief typically causes great sadness and pain. Colloquially, we may call this phenomenon “heartache” or even “heartbreak” because the ancients thought that the heart – the organ that keeps … Continue reading →

A new report from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention highlights a worrisome increase in pediatric melatonin ingestion. Between 2012 and 2020, the number of accidental ingestions of the over-the-counter sleep aid reported to the American Association of … Continue reading →