Stories
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Finding a cure for homesickness
While technology can mitigate some aspects of homesickness, other components of home are harder to replicate. Find out how 21st-century studies are helping homesickness sufferers find silver linings in their new situation.
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The 200-year search for normal people
Sarah Chaney poses the question we’ve likely all asked at some point in our lives: 'Am I normal?’, and explores whether normality even exists.
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How your hairdresser could save your life
Barbers and hairdressers have a unique view of us – one that means they can spot potentially dangerous health problems. Find out how buzzcuts can lead to blood-pressure checks, and dip-dyes show the way to the dermatologist.
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Why the 1918 Spanish flu defied both memory and imagination
The Black Death, AIDS and Ebola outbreaks are part of our collective cultural memory, but the Spanish flu outbreak has not been.
Catalogue
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Report of the fourth conference on medical care in the bituminous coal mine area / sponsored by the Committee on Medical Care for Industrial Workers of the Council on Medical Service and Council on Industrial Health of the American Medical Association.
Conference on Medical Care in the Bituminous Coal Mine Area 1956 : Charleston, West Virginia)Date: 1956- Books
A survey of union health centers, 1958 / Committee on Medical Care for Industrial Workers of the Council on Medical Service and Council on Industrial Health.
American Medical Association. Committee on Medical Care for Industrial Workers.Date: [1958], ©1958- Books
Medical-hospital problems in the bituminous coal mining areas : report of a conference sponsored by the Committee on Medical Care for Industrial Workers of the Council on Medical Service and Council on Industrial Health : Charleston, West Virginia, September 6-7, 1952 / American Medical Association.
Date: [1953?]- Books
Report of the second conference on medical care in the bituminous coal mine area / sponsored by the Committee on Medical Care for Industrial Workers of the Council on Medical Service and Council on Industrial Health.
Conference on Medical Care in the Bituminous Coal Mine Area 1953 : Charleston, West Virginia)Date: [1953]- Books
Tax-supported medical care for the needy : a statement of the Joint Committee on Medical Care of the American Public Health Association and the American Public Welfare Association.
Joint Committee on Medical Care of the American Public Health Association and the American Public Welfare Association.Date: [1952]