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Stella Fosse

When Zebras Meet

When Zebras Meet Managing Under-Researched Conditions I’ve written before about the old medical school mantra, “When you hear hoofbeats, look for horses, not zebras.” In other words, consider the common diagnoses first. Sounds reasonable; but keep in mind that the saying originated

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Kisane Slaney, PhD

It’s Our Time!

It’s Our Time! Women 50 & Beyond Need Our Own Mature-Age College Pathway Older women in Australia, the UK and the US came of age when women had limited access to higher education (thus limiting our access to higher paid

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Stella Fosse

Crafting My Book of Essays

Crafting My Book of Essays Let’s say you have been writing essays for years. Might be blogs; might be Substack essays; might be short nonfiction in magazines. Perhaps writing essays was your primary goal, or you may have intended these

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Marguerite Lorenz

Marriage: The Business of Romance

Marriage: The Business of Romance Many of us grew up with firm ideas about love and marriage: Charming Princes coming to our rescue, “playing house” with our friends. Yet our divorce rate is over 40%. While our expectations of marriage

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Had to Get this Off My Chest
Stella Fosse

Had to Get this Off My Chest

Had to Get this Off My Chest. I can picture her white uniform, and the cap from her Chicago nursing school pinned to her dark, curly hair. The year is 1953. She is 27, a floor nurse at Scripps Hospital

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Carol Remz

My Lusty Encore Career

My Lusty Encore Career Sexual pleasure is a human treasure. This revelation did not come to me as some blinding flash of the obvious. From getting my period at eleven to being post-menopausal at 55, struggling with vaginal dryness and

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