Every year at Christmas, my father has a ritual. He pours a large tumbler of Scotch, goes into his bedroom, shuts the door and listens to tapes I made of conversations with my grandma before she died 22 years ago. Back when her death was still raw, he would listen and cry. “Now I’m at…
Jeremy MoellerGetty Images When the weather starts to dip down below freezing, our first instinct is to bundle up, and what better way to do that than with a women’s wrap coat? Wrap coats are often characterized by their oversized and unstructured silhouette held in place by a belt made of the same material. With…
Often heard as a Christmas carol, Christina Rossetti’s poem “In the Bleak Midwinter” imagines the Nativity scene and closes with the question of what to bring as an offering. She first answers, “If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb,” and concludes by offering her heart. Both gifts — a prized feast and…
ELLE Now that winter is in full swing, it’s time to up your cold-weather shoe game, which may mean investing in a pair of the best suede boots out there. From rugged lug-sole ankle boots to sleek, heeled black knee-high boots, we’ve covered all the bases. When it comes to suede, there tend to be…
“Everyone’s ways of coping are different,” said Litsa Williams, 42, a social worker and a founder of What’s Your Grief, an online grief support and education company, and the author of What’s Your Grief, published this year. “It can be helpful in really practical ways to think about, how do I want my connection to…
LONDON — Nurses across Britain went on strike on Thursday for the first time in the 74-year history of the National Health Service, underscoring critical challenges facing the long-revered system after years of underfunding and as the government contends with a burgeoning fiscal crisis. On a bitterly cold day, nurses and their supporters walked on…
Hanukkah is almost here, and I’m looking forward to heaps of beautifully fried latkes, golden and crisp on the outside, warm and tender on the inside. I find that I can never resist a potato latke, grated or mashed, eaten standing and chatting in a friend’s warm, oil-splattered kitchen. But you can play with vegetables,…
Patients lingered for hours on gurneys with serious, time-sensitive problems. Surgeries were delayed. Other patients developed bed sores — gaping wounds that for frail patients can be deadly — because they were not repositioned often enough. “You feel awful because you know you’re not turning these patients,” said Jillian Wahlfors, a nurse at Genesys. “You…
Despite waxing nostalgic about the glory days of Laguna Beach on her new podcast Back to the Beach, Kristin Cavallari has come a long way from Southern California. Now based in Nashville, she’s the founder and CEO of lifestyle brand Uncommon James—which spans jewelry, home goods, and clean skincare—and is currently wrapping up her third…
“As with all medical specialties, there is room for improvement in the diagnostic accuracy of emergency care,” Dr. Kang added. “All of us who practice emergency medicine are committed to improving care and reducing diagnostic error.” Doctors say addressing diagnostic errors is challenging. While the National Academy of Medicine identified medical errors as a critical…