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Nurse Case mgr. and author

What’s in Your Genes? Human Threads Linking Genetics and Genealogy Exploring Ancestry for the Medical Aspects in American Healthcare In this seventh full length book, the author brings to the reader the reasons for finding your ancestors by linking the human threads of your genes and your genetics. The theme of the first part of […]

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New Book: Reluctantly Related:Secrets To Getting Along With Your Mother-in-Law or Daughter-in-Law

First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage, Then Comes … Your Mother-in-Law! A new bride feels like she has it all: the man of her dreams, the perfect wedding and an amazing honeymoon, but then her blissful mood comes to a screeching halt. Her Mother-in-Law called and wants them to come to family dinner, Sunday … […]

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though […]

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Things I wish I'd known: Cancer Caregivers Speak Out

There are four kinds of people in the world: Those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need caregivers._ ~~ Former First Lady Rosylnn Carter “Learning by trial and error is not the most effective way to save a loved one’s life,” says Deborah […]

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Book Something worth saving says Marriages Are Worth Saving

Jerry & Bettie Mitchell are celebrating 60 years of marriage. Despite the odds, the marriage survived. In 1952, Bettie was 17 when they dated and were married within three weeks before Jerry left to serve in the Korean War, stationed in Japan for two years. She tells the story in her recently completed book “Something […]

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Globetrotting teacher’s tales of travel

Some teachers teach without ever having left the classroom. Larry “Jungle” Shortell is not one of those. In his day job, Shortell teaches special education in Enfield, Conn. But he spends his summers traveling. He has explored all 50 states, all seven continents, all the oceans and more than 80 countries. “Without a doubt, to […]