Health – TIM MERRITT

A comedian’s confession: The more successful I became, the more I wanted to kill myself – Quartz

8/14/2014 by Tim

I grew up in an upper-middle class family without shouting or screaming or hitting. I didn’t realize until I was 40 years old that we were emotionally illiterate and that I didn’t even know I had spent most of my life sad, lonely, angry, and afraid. I just knew it felt good when I got … Read more

The Vitamin Not Taken

7/1/2013 by Tim

Online Medical Advice Can Be a Prescription for Fear – NYTimes.com

2/12/2011 by Tim

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The gist: avoid the drug-company financed, poorly written, overly hysterical WebMD for the sound information at the Mayo Clinic’s excellent site, including their Symptom Checker. If you’re looking for the name of a new pill to “ask your doctor about,” as the ads say, the Mayo Clinic Health Information site is not the place for … Read more