Reader's Digest US - September 2024

In this issue

HOW HOBBIES HELP US*
Far from a waste of time, pastimes are good for body, brain and spirit.
BY CHARLOTTE HILTON ANDERSEN

DRAMA IN REAL LIFE
Between a Rock and a Hard Place*
Pinned by a giant boulder, a hiker had

Pier Pressure - A brutal storm rips a floating beachside store from its moorings, sending it and its occupants out to sea

A brutal storm rips a floating beachside store from its moorings, sending it and its occupants out to sea. It was around 6:30 on a June morning in 2023, and a Facebook post caught Boyd Jordan's eye. Shell Isle Mercantile, a floating store that sold beachgoing fare-sunglasses, inflatables, food, umbrellas-had been ripped from its moorings on Shell Island, just off Florida's northern Gulf Coast, by a storm the night before and had floated 3 miles across the bay to Panama City.

3 mins

That Kind of Time

A dressing-room encounter made me get real about aging

4 mins

Go for the Gumbo

The soulful stew synonymous with Louisiana is delicious anywhere you eat it

2 mins

1+1 = MORE (or LESS)

A math whiz encourages you to play with your numbers

3 mins

Now Hear This

Losing your hearing suddenly, even if there is no pain, is always urgent

4 mins

How Hobbies Help Us

Far from a waste of time, pastimes are good for body, brain and spirit

10+ mins

MY SMART PET

These clever critters are some smart C-O-O-K-I-E-S

5 mins

What's Ailing Our Doctors? - Today's physicians are burned out and battered by spreadsheets. We patients suffer too.

Today’s physicians are burned out and battered by spreadsheets. We patients suffer too. America's doctors are in crisis. Six in 10 physicians say they're burned out, with burnout rates for some specialties, such as primary care, reaching 70%. When polled by the American Medical Association, 40% of doctors said they were considering leaving their practices in the next two years. Another study, conducted by health-care industry publisher Elsevier, revealed concerns about mental health and burnout: 63% of med students in the United States reported that they had no intention of practicing clinical medicine after graduation and will instead work as lab researchers or academics. This is despite a predicted shortage of 124,000 physicians over the next 10 years.

10+ mins

Fathers of the Bride

A young woman finds a unique way to honor the many men who helped her survive her childhood

8 mins

BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE

Pinned by a giant boulder, a hiker had two choices: panic or gut it out. He did both.

10+ mins

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