Making Music with Your Health
When we're young, we can do pretty much what we want without thinking about our physical capacities. If we want to climb...
Love Coffee? It May Help Your Heart Too
There have been a host of recent studies linking coffee consumption to improved memory, health and longevity. This is music...
Stay Strong – Easy Inside Exercises for Short Winter Days
Wintertime in Washington can be a bit gloomy and uninviting for those of us who want to workout. It can be tempting to neglect...
Avoid the Flood of Health Care Scams
Confusion is common when laws change. This may be even more true with health care reform, since nobody -- including those...
Hospice Care – Making a Difference
A hospice nurse was recently asked, "How can you work in hospice it must be so sad!" She answered, "I love providing highly-skilled,...
We Are Not Our Disease
Alzheimer's is a terrible disease. Besides ultimately ending the life of the diagnosed, it takes a tremendous toll on all...
Good Times and Bad
There are many myths about aging that are being challenged in today's world of older adults. One of my favorite elders, who...
The Call of Sunset
Sunset is the most magical and potent time of the day for me. All those brilliant colors warped and layered on and around...