For many of us, the suicide of 55-year-old fashion designer Kate Spade, likely influenced by years fighting severe depression in the dark, was a shocking reminder how overpowering and unrelenting mental disorders can be. Can we do better for people with depression, and can it ever be enough to save them?
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Kendall Bajek, 28, started making empanadas in her apartment kitchen, but demand encouraged her to open a takeout restaurant 5 years ago. Now she’s on her way to an empanada empire.
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One morning last November, Kate Watson was straightening up her house. By late afternoon, she was considering awake brain surgery to remove a large tumor compressing critical brain areas. She shares her story, and Capital Health’s director of neurosurgical oncology takes us inside the latest approaches to tackling brain tumors.
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Fed up with patriarchy and sexism, Carrie Biegler set out to portray the strength women possess through photographic portraits and blog posts in her Strength Source Project.
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Almost three decades ago, Lisa Bieber David spent her first summer at Camp Harlam in the Poconos. Now, as the camp’s first female director, she says the overnight camp experience is needed more than ever to give kids the chance to unplug and make lasting connections.
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