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Searching for some sign of Desai’s humanity

He sits there day after day in the courtroom staring straight ahead through custom eyeglasses, his eyes wide, wide open.

Wondering why the will to live fades away

It eats at Dr. Michael Casey when someone with minor injuries dies, seemingly giving up the will to live.

Forever learning to take the heat

With good reason –– it’s more than 100 degrees in the shade –– you are being inundated with media reports about the effects of heat.

Insurers refuse, patients lose

When insurance companies and medical providers have one of their frequent wars over money, what too often happens is that you and me –– so often referred to as either a cherished policyholder or a cherished patient –– end up as collateral damage.