In its larval stage, Lucilia sericata looks unassuming enough. Beige and millimeters long, a bottle-fly grub may lack good looks, but it contains a sophisticated set of tools for eating dead and dying human flesh. The maggots ooze digestive enzymes and antimicrobials to dissolve decaying tissue and to kill off […]
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When I Was Outed For My Porn Past, Pole Dancing Helped Me Heal
“Strip Down, Rise Up,” a documentary from Oscar-nominated director Michèle Ohayon, hits Netflix on Feb. 5. The opening scene is … sexy AF. A room full of women caress their bodies, toss their hair and bounce their asses against a wooden dance floor as candle lights flicker. The rest of […]
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Help Them Heal for the Holidays
Refinery29 The Best Holiday Gifts Come In Small (Business) Packages While plenty of mega-retailers from Amazon to Target are hosting big holiday discounts, this past year has proven that small businesses could use some additional support. With the pandemic’s effect still taking its toll, small businesses are struggling more than […]
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The year of constant sorrow: Defeating Donald Trump won’t heal the damage of 2020
How many times can you say “I’m so sorry” without the words losing their meaning? How many times can you answer a text or an instant message or an email by typing “I’m so sorry” without becoming inured to the feeling of sorrow? Even if you manage to pause your […]
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Heal wants to be ‘your family doctor in your family room’
Dr. Ashish Bhalla and Denise Abalos get out of their cars and immediately begin putting on full personal protective equipment, covering themselves from head to toe, and, of course, wearing masks. Then they walk up to the front door of the Sievers home in Garden Grove and are welcomed inside […]
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Mysterious illness made USC’s Bru McCoy think he’d die. Coach Helton helped him heal
A mysterious illness left USC receiver Bru McCoy is a bad frame of mind. It took a one-on-one meeting with coach Clay Helton to help McCoy turn a corner. (John McGillen / USC Athletics) Drenched in sweat, short of breath, Bru McCoy sank into the leather of his dormitory room […]