Home of my alma mater, many weekend reunions, and - at a later point in my life - my workplace: Northwest Indiana - just around [...]
"A number of factors can affect the sleep cycles. For example, if a person is not breathing well during sleep (snoring or sleep apnea), this [...]
I was offered a “pass.” It was a routine appointment approximately one year following Mother’s diagnosis of Alzheimer’s in late 1997. The physician quietly handed [...]
2002-2003 Those were the SARS years, but communications were so different in the early 2000’s! The internet was still quite new – and most hospitals [...]
"Some experts worry that a long-standing shortage of palliative care professionals ― who focus on the physical pain and mental and spiritual distress caused by [...]
“Like food sharing, health care was part of life for our ancestors—a major aspect of how they worked together to survive hard times. Humans have [...]
During COVID-19, musicians from Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra recorded themselves playing Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy.” Savor the beauty of the moment created by this music community. [...]
This article was written three years ago - July 2017. In the current context of the COVID-19 global pandemic, physical presence has been curtailed to [...]
A physician asks rhetorically: "Does it really matter what we eat?" His response can be found in this recording of 2:53 minutes: Most deaths in [...]
In the mid-80’s, I served as an Adjunct Faculty Member at National Louis University in the Chicago area. It was here that I became acquainted [...]