As people get older, they often end up with more doctor’s visits, which often ends up with recommended medications and treatments. But doctors, nurses, and pharmacists, as well as other health care professionals, have their own language that they use to communicate with each other. It may seem odd, but the abbreviations and language they [...]

I received this press release from the FDA just now:

On March 9, 2009, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned consumers not to eat certain cheese products made and distributed by New York-based Peregrina Cheese Corporation.
The company is recalling certain products based on FDA sampling and analysis that detected Listeria monocytogenes in some of the [...]

Most of us get them, many of us send them on, and some of us believe them: urban legends.
Urban legends are stories that someone made up or a true story that got embellished and then is passed around from email account to email account until everyone has heard of it. Some people really believe [...]

Senior abuse is as heinous as child abuse, but it’s even more hidden. The seniors in our society who rely on others to help them can fall victim to many types of abuse, including physical, emotional, sexual, or financial - or all of them. Sometimes the abuse is neglect, and that can be just as [...]

This past Monday, we woke up to the news that a 93-year-old man froze to death in his home when the utility company limited his power supply (93-year-old freezes to death at home after utility firm limits power use). Sadly this happens every year - an elderly person freezes in the cold of our winters.
There [...]