Taubman Health Sciences Library Blog- Blog Retired
- Global Innovation – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 20, 2014)
- Local Innovation & #MCubed – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 13, 2014)
- Open Access Journal on Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology
- National Medical Librarians Month 2014
- Suicide Prevention & Trauma on Social Media – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 6, 2014)
- Radiation Oncology Journal Club (#RadOnc) – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 29, 2014)
- From the National Library of Medicine: Roosevelt at NIH
- Patients on the Right TEDMED Questions – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 22, 2014)
- TEDMED on Patient Engagement – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 15, 2014)
Tag Archives: personal narratives
An Emmy for “Life, Interrupted” videos
I’ve posted before about the amazing blog–written & video–that Suleika Jaouad has been composing for the last couple of years, “Life, Interrupted”. This year, the video segments were nominated by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for an Emmy … Continue reading
The PhotoVoice Exhibit – Japanese Women Talk about the Earthquake, Tsunami & Nuclear Disasters of March 2011
This spring, the Center for Japanese Studies will host an exhibition on the experiences of Japanese women following the tsunami of March 2011. After the Great East Japan Disasters in March 2011, women in the disaster-affected areas of northern Japan joined … Continue reading
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Special needs and tornadoes: A Joplin story
From the CDC’s Public Health Matters blog: It’s been almost two years since a devastating tornado ripped through the town of Joplin, Missouri, and the community continues to rebuild. Earlier this month, we had the opportunity to visit Joplin to … Continue reading
Brotherly Love – A new post from Suleika Jaouad
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Suleika Jaouad, who blogs for the New York Times Well blog at Life, Interrupted. Read her most recent post about how her realtionship with her brother has been affected by her cancer … Continue reading
Life, Interrupted: A Battle With Myself
A new post form the New York Times Well blogger, Suleika Jaouad: I used to resent the battle metaphors associated with cancer. “Keep fighting,” people would say. “You’re going to win this war,” a friend would write in an e-mail. … Continue reading
Life, Interrupted: Medical Bills, Insurance and Uncertainty
This week, Suleika Jaouad describes her and her family’s experience with health insurance during her cancer treatment. And no matter how closely I keep track of the bills, there are always surprises and unexpected charges. During a six-week hospitalization for … Continue reading
Life, Interrupted: Finding My Cancer Style
In Suleika Jaouad’s newest post, she discusses her reaction to losing her hair and how that led to other changes in how she presents herself to the world. One year ago, almost to the day, I asked my hairdresser to … Continue reading
Life, Interrupted: Hope Is My New Address
From the New York Times Well blog, an update from Suleika Jaouad: I opened my eyes to find doctors peering over my hospital bed. They had some welcome news. I had for a month been living in isolation in the … Continue reading
Today on NPR’s Talk of the Nation: An interview with Suleika Jaouad
I’ve posted links to Suleika’s posts on the New York Times‘ Well blog before, because she writes so well about her experiences as a young person with cancer and its effects on her life and on the lives of her … Continue reading
Finding a Match, and a Mission: Helping Blacks Survive Cancer
From the New York Times: A month after his 2009 graduation from Yale Law School, Seun Adebiyi learned he had not one but two lethal blood cancers and began an odyssey to find a bone-marrow donor. Mr. Adebiyi, 28, who … Continue reading
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