Recently a good friend of mine, who normally has the energy of 10 teenagers, complained to her doctor about feeling exhausted all the time. He ran some tests and found she had extremely low levels of Vitamin D. After about a month of treatment, she was as good as new again. But what if she…
Read MoreSince October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I’d first like to congratulate all the incredibly tough and resilient women who have fought this battle and won. Breast cancer doesn’t discriminate. Women of all ages and ethnicities fight the war and, fortunately, many of them win. Sadly, some of them don’t. Cancer, also known as the…
Read MoreOsteoporosis conjures up images of little old ladies hunched over with cute little canes. But there’s nothing cute about it. My first real slap-in-the-face experience with osteoporosis was when my 87 year old buddy, Elizabeth suffered a broken femur. No, she did not fall. The break was the result of nursing aides transferring Elizabeth from…
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