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Science Jan 23

The day Marie Curie got snubbed by the French science world

By Dr. Howard Markel

Health Dec 08

A childhood accident didn’t impair James Thurber’s comic vision

This minor genius of mirth lost his left eye at the age of 6.

By Dr. Howard Markel

Health Nov 07

How a mysterious ailment ended Eleanor Roosevelt’s life

None of her doctors knew what was causing her rare blood disorder. And given this was more than 50 years ago, the treatment options were rather limited.

By Dr. Howard Markel

Health Jan 21

How the quest to preserve Lenin’s body helps the living

Over the last century, the Lenin preservation laboratory has created a long list of measures that help patients.

By Dr. Howard Markel

Health Sep 14

Would McKinley have survived an assassin’s bullet if he had a different doctor?

The man best suited to operate on the president was a legendary surgeon with extensive experience in treating abdominal wounds. He, however, was in Niagara Falls. McKinley died on Sept. 14, 1901.

By Dr. Howard Markel

Aug 19

How Groucho Marx fell prey to elder abuse

By Dr. Howard Markel

The turmoil of Groucho's last few years are all too familiar to adult children everywhere who are concerned with the welfare of their elderly parents and other relatives.

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Jul 14

This genetic brain disorder turned Woody Guthrie’s life from songs to suffering

By Dr. Howard Markel

Huntington's disease -- which Guthrie inherited from his mother -- can lead to serious mood disorders, uncoordinated and involuntary body movements, balance problems, psychotic breaks, dementia and death.

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Jun 21

The day Judy Garland’s star burned out

By Dr. Howard Markel

A singer of remarkable power and range, Garland was one of the brightest stars. But she also suffered a lifetime of mental and physical health problems, fueled by addiction.

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May 17

How ‘Raisin in the Sun’ author Lorraine Hansberry defined what it meant to be ‘young, gifted and black’

By Dr. Howard Markel

Before her early death of pancreatic cancer, the groundbreaking writer made history with "A Raisin in the Sun."…

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Apr 23

Why Shakespeare’s own finale remains a closed book

By Dr. Howard Markel

In "Hamlet," William Shakespeare contemplated the fact that once a person dies, no living person knows where that departed soul goes. That same uncertainty hovers around the final hours of the Bard of Stratford-upon-Avon.

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