8 Medicare Mistakes to Avoid by Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D. Medicare open enrollment is quickly approaching. And we all notice that time seems to go faster the older you get so with October approaching faster than you think, let’s review some common mistakes that people make when getting set up for Medicare or changing their Read more
Disrupted Sleep by Lucy E.M. Black “O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature’s soft nurse, how have I frightened thee. That thou no more will weigh my eyelids down, Read more
Schussing Les 3 Vallées by Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D. When you want to go skiing, why not schuss the French Alps? Silver Sage Magazine did just that this week. After an incredible stressful week of ever changing goal posts by the Swiss and French governments regarding COVID vaccinations and testing, Silver Sage publisher joined Schuss Read more
Imposter Syndrome by Lucy E.M. Black Several years ago, a student trying to get my attention called out to me by shouting, “Hey, you!” I turned around smartly and responded in the prim, authoritarian voice administrators are trained to use for such occasions, “You may address me as Mrs. Black, or Principal Black, or Madam Read more
Five Healthy Foods Ruining your Diet by J’Nel Wright The joys of summer are over, and now it’s time to get healthy and lose those extra pounds. We request salad dressing to be on the side, we take the parking spot farthest from our building, and we say “no” to the fresh doughnuts and choose Read more
The Bennies of CBD By Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D. CBD has been around since the early 1900’s when chemist Roger Adams isolated cannabidiol compound while researching prophylactics to potential gas attacks during the trench warfare in Europe. Working at the National Research Council in Washington DC a few decades later, Adams presented a paper to Read more
The Horror of Thinning Hair by Lucy E.M. Black Healthy, thick hair was one of the few remaining vestiges of my youth. And although I allowed the color to naturally change from the darkest of browns, to a much lighter shade of brown, to salt-and-pepper, and finally to silver-grey with only the tiniest amount of Read more
Quality v Cost by Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D. According to a recent study published in May 2020 (https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00237) and led by Adam J. Schwartz, M.D. out of the Mayo clinic found that adults are willing to pay more than 20% more for a highly rated physician than they are for a lower rated physician. Yet, Read more
To COVID and Back by Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D. Not in a million years would I have thought that I would get “the Vid,” as Kevin Hart calls it in his latest comedy skit. Yet, I did. On a Wednesday mid-November, I had dinner reservations to celebrate my Mom’s 84th birthday. I called her after Read more
Helen of Troy’s Tears in My Garden by Angie Littlefield I saw a tall weed with a bright-yellow flower in a sumpy ditch when I was driving around a few years back. I stopped to see if I could pull it out, considering its roots might yield from the squidgy soil. Yes! The plant gave Read more
