In recent years, the role of the Internet in teen suicide has come under scrutiny. But there's also a bright side to the Internet: A Facebook wall can be worth a thousand words of therapy.
Meditation is one way to help slow down. I know that it works. Research suggests that meditation can alter brain function in positive ways and help patients with chronic illness.
I watched a nurse in northern Haiti remove a clinic's only oxygen machine from a premature baby in order to give it to a woman suffering in labor. As a physician, I've felt helpless many, many times. This was different.
During my recent trip to Haiti, I stood by with my heart in my throat as I watched a nurse take away oxygen from a premature baby in order to give it to a mother in labor whose unborn child had a faltering heartbeat.