Since I wrote about healthcare proxies last week, I discovered that you can download them for free, including instructions for how to complete them. Now there is really no excuse not to have them executed! Just put “healthcare proxy” into a search engine (i.e. “Google® it”). There are usually forms at the official government sites of…
Who is responsible for your health? If hand sanitizer dispensers on many corners, blood pressure machines in drug stores and wearable fitness monitors are a gauge, we are sensitized to wellness. At the grocery store, people stop and read the nutrition facts to understand what they are consuming. We pay attention to certain aspects of health, but like all humans,…
I have just heard yet another “horrible hospital” experience from my cousin Mary, which highlights how inconsistent and harmful hospital care can be. It is also a saga of doctoring and healing being dictated by insurance companies. Mary’s tale, and a few others I have recently witnessed, is just infuriating. It leaves me certain that…
A BLAST FROM THE PAST from the RUNNING IN HIGH HEELS series by Jane F. Collen I was outside giving my seven-year-old son batting practice in the middle of the afternoon, abandoning the desk full of files waiting to be worked on, pitching around the blister I got from gripping my pen too tightly. I did…
Mother’s Day comes in May, but Earth Day is tomorrow on 22 April. This occasion recognizes our reliance on Mother Earth and the shared resources of the earth. And just like with Mother’s Day, we should celebrate that connection more than once a year. It’s easy to ignore the connection until something goes wrong—a drought forces…
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