The Rising Costs of Health Care by Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D. While running on the treadmill recently, I saw a commercial for a credit card that promised “cash back” and a business man who received $36,000 cash back on his card. He said he used the money to pay for his employees health care. That Read more
An Unfiltered Breath by Michael J. Orr In the aftermath of the wildfire that destroyed the town of Paradise, California, talk has turned away from the tragedy and onward to air quality warnings for the northern half of the state. And perhaps rightly so. There are indeed dangers to breathing the smoke-filled air. Masks are Read more
Be Thankful by Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D. November celebrates several national monthly observations including but not limited to: National Alzheimer’s Disease Month, National Family Caregivers Month, National Long Term Care Awareness Month and of course – National Gratitude Month. Let’s see what all these observations are about. National Alzheimer’s Diseases Month was proclaimed a national Read more
Finding My Feet by S. Nadja Zajdman One early autumn, I joined a hiking club in my native Montreal. My intention was to find a way into nature. I don’t own a car. The most I hoped for was to sit quietly on the school bus, without being bothered, as it transported our group of active Read more
Clawing My Way Out by Donna Scrafano I was raised in a family with three brothers. I was the only girl. Our cultural norms were those of our predominantly Italian community in the West Ward section of Easton, Pennsylvania. We all knew each other, and all the parents treated the neighborhood children as their own. Read more
Silver Sage Tri’s at Rock Hall, MD By Tracy E. Hill After a disappointing non-start back in June for a triathlon in Long Beach Island, Manahawkin New Jersey (due to a herniated disk the day before the tri), I was excited for my upcoming triathlon in Rock Hall, Maryland. However, due to the unexpected herniated Read more
McCain’s Final Farewell by Barbara Casey I listened to Meghan McCain’s eulogy for her father on my drive over to visit dad today. I cried the entire way. What an incredible eulogy! It got me thinking how determined John McCain was, both in how he chose to live his life after enduring such tragedy in Read more
Finding Yourself in the Empty Nest by Christina Fain Undeniably, the infamous midlife crisis is not a myth, but we tend to associate this with balding men driving red convertibles. We don’t have an image of women navigating this time of life, not even a funny one! This transitional period affects women, specifically mothers, on Read more
All Joking Aside, Laughter Is Healthy for You by J’Nel Wright Why did the chicken cross the road? It doesn’t matter as long as it’s funny. Not only does a good gag make us giggle, experts say laughter is actually good for our health. If you are debating between downloading the latest chick flick versus Read more
Ultra Orthodox Jews Suffer Depression from Caregiving A new study conducted by Band-Winterstein, Edelstein, et. al and recently published in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, demonstrates that even Ultra Orthodox Jews are prone to the depressive symptoms often found in caregivers. In this study, 68 female Ultra Orthodox Jewish caregivers (UOJ) and 44 male UOJ Read more
