Image by herwordskill via Flickr When I was young, I had some anger issues and very low self esteem. I attended a Catholic school during my elementary and junior high school years and had a problem with authority. I got into some trouble with teachers and was placed on detention and suspended once at the… [Continue Reading]
Recently, a story was published on MSNBC about the effects of overmedication in older adults. Polypharmacy, as it is called, is the use of multiple medications. Sometimes it’s a difficult condition to assess because doctors may attribute any abnormal or change in behavior as a normal effect of the illness the medications are used for. … [Continue Reading]
Image by Kluv32 via Flickr One day about 4-5 years ago, I was visiting with my other sister and noticed something quite odd and disturbing. The right side of her face was drooping as if someone had given her a shot of Novocaine. She didn’t know what was going on. She told me that she… [Continue Reading]
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