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Mere Mortal MD

How an ordinary human practices medicine in the challenging landscape of today's healthcare system.

Newsletter · By Valerie Brooke, MD · Official site

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  1. Issue · Aug 23, 2026

    Writer’s Block vs Writer Not (opens the original)

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    I have started a plethora of substack articles in the last three months, ever since I published A Date With Grief . A few articles I actually typed out, one of which was a meandering comment of people watching in the airport, while I was waiting to board a flight to Colorado to visit a dear friend. My words wondered what these stranger’s lives were like, making wild guesses based upon what I heard them say or not say to the folks they were traveling with, or based upon what they were wearing. I

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