Meditation was the focus of research at UC Davis and UCSF by Nobel Prize winner Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD, and others as part ...

The healthcare facility in the San Francisco County jail looks like most clinics. It has exam rooms, a pharmacy, an X-ray ...

I heard it in several settings from family medicine clinic to a thoracic surgery operating room, from different levels of the ...

B’s parents sat around the bed, their son dying in front of them. In the last few days, he had been lucid for me. Lucid in a way that he wasn’t for his mom when she took the hour long bus ride to see ...

Nowruz (or Norooz) marks the arrival of the new year and the first day of spring. It is an ancient tradition rooted in renewal, reflection, and hope. It is celebrated in many countries, including Iran ...

I met Em on the way home the night I expected B would die. We’d both missed the light like... Nowruz (or Norooz) marks the arrival of the new year and the first day of spring. It is an ancient ...

After years of internal debate, I finally got my first tattoo. He’s a small lizard, with a topological map design inside, scaling the outer edge of my left ankle. His fine lines and tasteful detail ...

At the age of thirteen, my genetic disorder caused my growth to accelerate, leading to an unusually tall stature. My pediatrician predicted a height of at least 6' 4" after puberty, whereas the ...