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Word worker, science lover, giant-poodle owner. Writing about the seen and unseen world for Gizmag.
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15 Old House Features We Want to Bring Back Into Fashion Original

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By Michael Franco, Daryna Tobey
| Bob Vila
Whether due to fashion, safety concerns, or sheer obsolescence, the most charming architectural details we remember from our parents’ and grandparents’ homes are almost nowhere to be seen in our own homes. The phone nook at Grandma’s house that housed the Yellow Pages and an AT&T Trimline, for example, is wasted space in modern-built homes without landline phones.
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The blind spot before the first prenatal visit

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By Helena Kaso, Michael Franco, Alena Ramazanova
| KevinMD.com
I trained as an obstetrician-gynecologist outside the United States. Years later, I found myself in a very different position: not as the clinician taking the history, but as a high-risk pregnant patient trying to enter a new prenatal care system after moving across states. That experience changed the way I think about prenatal access. In medicine, we often treat the first prenatal visit as the true beginning of care.
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Why ambient listening in medicine made me more human

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By Michael Franco, Jennifer Carraher, Homer Moutran
| KevinMD.com
When I was training to become a surgeon, there was an unspoken belief that the operating room was the pinnacle of the profession. The OR was where you proved yourself. Clinic was something to get through on the way to surgery later in the week. At least, that’s how it often felt to me. Now, ten years into practice, what some would call mid-career, I’ve realized something unexpected: The clinic is the heart of my practice. The clinic is where I gain energy. It’s where I connect. It’s where I learn.
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