When Hanna Olivas was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2017, at age 42, she was angry at first, and then she was terrified. Her doctors agreed on one thing: This kind of blood cancer is incurable. But they couldn’t forecast…
Year: 2024
“Our food should be our medicine, and our medicine should be our food.” ~Hippocrates There I was—it was 3 p.m. on my first day at my new job, the job I was so desperate for, and I was falling asleep….
By KIM BELLARD It’s been almost four years since I first wrote about microplastics; long story short, they’re everywhere. In the ground, in the oceans (even at the very bottom), in the atmosphere. More to the point, they’re in the…
By MATTHEW HOLT Okay, I can’t do it any longer. As much as I tried to resist, it is time to write about ambient scribing. But I’m going to do it in a slightly odd way If you have met…
March 18, 2024 – When Ken Aaron, 51, woke up from his first-ever colonoscopy last February to his doctor mouthing the words “we found a tumor,” there was no one more surprised than he was. The married father of two…
By KIM BELLARD Nice try, Wendy’s. During an earnings call last month, President and CEO Kirk Tanner outlined the company’s plan to try a new form of pricing: “Beginning as early as 2025, we will begin testing more enhanced features…
She could deal with constantly forgetting her shopping list, and she’d made a habit of writing down where she’d parked her car, each and every time. But in her mid-50s, Janis Mara’s memory problems started costing her money. Late fees…
“Forgive others not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.” ~Jonathan Lockwood Huie As a child, I faced constant physical and mental abuse. Several classmates would beat me up in the schoolyard, hitting and kicking me. They also…
Everyone has memory blips from time to time — the word that’s on the very tip of your tongue or the house keys that aren’t where you swear you left them. As you get older, these kinds of slip-ups may…
Hearing loss and dementia are more common as you get older. The latest research shows that’s no coincidence. The two are linked. Scientists are finding more and more evidence that trouble with hearing makes you more likely to go on…