Rachel Zimmerman

Oct 15, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Rachel Zimmerman

(iStock)By Rachel ZimmermanOctober 15, 2024 at 8:10 a.m. EDTAfter her first child was born, Lauren Hamilton, a pediatric nurse, began having graphic, recurring nightmares, imagining someone dropping the baby, his head cracking open “like a watermelon.”Hamilton’s near-constant worry led her to place the infant on the floor overnight while she lay beside him, continually checking his breathing.

Sep 13, 2024 | japannews.yomiuri.co.jp | Rachel Zimmerman

After surgery thrust her into menopause at age 40, Stephanie Scott of Hamilton, Ontario, said she had “zero sex drive.” Hormone treatments helped with hot flashes and insomnia, but they didn’t increase her desire for sex. So she signed up for a research study that was testing a unique type of therapy for menopausal women with low desire because of menopause. The result: a noticeable improvement in her sex life.

Jul 23, 2024 | fanniemae.com | Rachel Zimmerman |Lauren Hoffman |Single-Family Strategy

When analyzing housing affordability, economists and industry observers closely track changes in top-line measures like home prices, rents, and mortgage rates. However, there are many other housing-related costs that, individually and in aggregate, meaningfully impact affordability for both homeowners and renters, including real estate taxes, insurance, utilities, routine maintenance, and homeowners' association (HOA)/condo fees, among others.

Jun 30, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Rachel Zimmerman

It was 10 years ago — July 1, 2014 — that everything changed. A grim-faced state trooper pulled up to my house. I saw him from the living room window as he stepped out of the cruiser. He slammed the car door shut and took his time letting himself in through the wooden gate. He turned down the stone path. His slow, plodding footsteps gave him away. I flung open the front door and rushed down the steps toward him. Part of me knew before I asked.

Jun 30, 2024 | bookshop.org | Rachel Zimmerman

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