Jan 23, 2018 11:37AM ● By Alec McMullen
“My grandmother—who was my first mentor, and I idolize her to this day—was a shaman,” says Donna Polk, a licensed mental health practitioner...
Dec 18, 2017 02:17PM ● By Lisa Lukecart
Free beer Friday. Employees at Universal Information Services can indulge in a cold brew at the stroke of 4 p.m. at the office (although som...
Sep 13, 2017 03:52PM ● By Alec McMullen
“Forecast: random mid-air explosions with a chance of the neighbors setting your house on fire.” This post from July 4 captures the sarcasti...
Jan 26, 2017 12:52PM ● By Susan Meyers
The way Terry Currey looks at it, Parkinson’s disease is a battle of the mind versus the brain.Diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2009, C...
Jan 16, 2017 11:24AM ● By Anthony Flott
For most of human history, suffering a stroke has been a death sentence. It’s the No. 5 cause of death in the United States (according to th...
Oct 11, 2016 01:00AM ● By Greg Jerrett
Getting high on injected heroin—or one of the several synthetic equivalents—does not feel like an orgasm or a dozen orgasms. That is a mythi...
Aug 11, 2016 01:16PM ● By Susan Meyers
The symptoms of heat exhaustion can develop swiftly and suddenly. If you are age 60 or older, not only does your risk for developing heat ex...
Apr 21, 2016 09:10AM ● By Judy Horan
Some people just don’t get it when it comes to the health of older adults. Many believe that elderly people are always tired. But that’s a m...
Dec 10, 2015 01:22PM ● By Ryan Borchers
Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease can be both physically and emotionally demanding. “As the disease progresses, the amount of ...
Oct 01, 2015 02:13PM ● By Judy Horan
Chuck Roberts blew into Omaha the same day as the May 6, 1975, tornado that spread death and destruction. Covering the infamous storm was th...
Sep 03, 2015 02:37PM ● By Susan Meyers
This article appears in Sept./Oct. 2015 60-Plus.Todd Weber was typically a fairly active man. A senior radiation protection technician for O...
Aug 20, 2015 12:55PM ● By Susan Meyers
This article appears in July/August 2015 60-Plus.Tony Lazzaretti kept an eye on the mole on his chest for some time. When it started getting...
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