Tag: retirement
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Enlightenment from Sherlock Holmes on COVID-19 associated perilous boredom
Daniel GelfmanIndianapolis, Indiana, United States Boredom can useful. It can motivate people to do great things. It can also be dangerous by increasing the risk of depression and the risk of participation in unhealthy activities.1 It is an emotional state of weariness through lack of interest that can result in the “pursuit of novel (even negative)…
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Karl Landsteiner and the discovery of blood groups
Safia BenaissaMostganem, Algeria Karl Landsteiner was the Austrian scientist who recognized that humans had different blood groups and made it possible for physicians to transfuse blood safely. He entered medical school at the University of Vienna, where he developed an interest in chemistry. After taking off a year to complete his military service he returned…
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The last picture show
Katherine WhiteRockville, Maryland, United States It was a cold December morning, the second day of the 2018 Hot Topics in Neonatology Conference in Washington, DC. Around 800 people trickled into the vast hotel ballroom, with its rows of long tables punctuated by aisles strewn with numbered microphones, settling in for a day of information-packed projected…
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Retired hurt
J.M.S. PearceUnited Kingdom Poet’s statement Lines on retirement written years ago in a transient mood of reflection, not depression. Retired hurt1 What is this life with time to spare,There’s too much time to stand and stare. No breakfast rushed, no traffic raceNo bureaucrat’s unsmiling face. No prim grey suit worn everyday,No shiny shoes your pride…