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...other images is that they display an action and its consequences from the distance of a plane and a camera lens—just far enough to encompass a vision that our own eyes normally crop.Like MacLean’s photographs, the work of Anne Whiston Spirn reveals a profound concern with the consequences of human efforts to shape nature. But where MacLean takes viewers miles above his subjects, Spirn forces them to look even more closely than they normally might. In 1986’s “Column of Victory, Army of Trees,” an infinitely...
...when Hilton told the British edition of GQ that she’s “very shy” or when Lohan discussed the complicated emotional introspection that she hopes to convey through her music in Vanity Fair? Or, as with the kid with the really profound-sounding facebook profile that we caught sleeping in Philosophy class but dancing on a table somewhere last Saturday night, do we walk away with the sense that the actual person and the façade they’re attempting to craft just don’t line...
...almost always an anguishing experience to lose a spouse, and it would seem even harder to lose a partner after you have shared a particularly close and successful marriage. So it may come as a surprise to learn that while the initial grief can be profound, people who have had happy relationships often find it easier to go on with the rest of their life once they have mourned their mate. At least those are the findings reported in Spousal Bereavement in Late Life, a book based on a longitudinal study of 1,500 older married couples. "We found that...
...minds and bodies. Dr. Rohan Hazra at the National Institutes of Health has been following patients like Daniels since their birth. He is on the lookout for behavioral changes that could be the legacy of drug effects on the central nervous system. "We are beginning to see subtle but profound impacts on the brain," he says. "Among teenagers infected [at birth], there seem to be high rates of ADHD, psychiatric disorders and cognitive problems...
...allergies. According to Anaphylaxis: How Do You Live With It?, a 2005 article in Health and Social Work, coping with a child who has a severe allergy is similar to dealing with a chronic disease. In a study of 17 families with children with anaphylaxis, the authors describe the profound psychosocial impact on parents of knowing an illness can cause death. "I was completely shocked and surprisingly emotional," says Stefanie Jones, who burst into tears when daughter Darby was diagnosed four months ago with egg, milk, wheat, and peanut allergies. "I realized I'm going to have that weird...