May 20
1950 House Call I grew up in the 1950s when doctors made house calls. My mother rang up an operator from a wooden telephone on the kitchen wall and was connected to Doc Gray. Although we lived four miles from town, she took care of us day or night. I remember Doc Gray sitting on …
Mar 24
There is no reason to believe that having Parkinson’s raises the risk for contracting the coronavirus. The webinar “Information Coronavirus for the Parkinson’s Community” sponsored by Michael J. Fox Foundation on March 19 opened with the above reassuring thought. Panel Members David Aronoff, MD, Director of Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Katherine Leaver, MD, …
Nov 15
Why I Get a Flu Shot Getting a flu shot is part of my self-care plan. The most at risk for serious flu complications are young children, pregnant women, adults over 65 and those with chronic medical conditions. Since I fall in two of these categories, the vaccine is important to me as any stress …
Jun 14
Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds. ~Regina Brett To Do Nothing Eighty-eight degrees at 7 a.m. in North Palm Beach! But summer does not officially …
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