Posted on September 16th, 2011 by drchiplong
Women’s basketball coach Pat Summit recently announced she had been diagnosed with early-onset dementia, Alzheimer’s type, at the age of 59. She is a legend at the University of Tennessee where she has coached for the last 37 seasons and has amassed more wins than anyone else in college basketball history. For many, Summit’s announcement [...]
Filed under: Aging, Chronic Illness & Disease Management | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 9th, 2011 by hcoons
This Sunday is the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, a day forever associated with feelings of shock and horror, anguish over missing people and fears of additional terrorism. For many (if not most of us), the day was a profound reminder of life’s fragility. Ten years later, for most of us, life has moved on. We’ve [...]
Filed under: Resilience, Stress | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 1st, 2011 by ymyb
(Guest post by Ron Palomares, PhD, psychologist.) “Daddy, why is everyone talking about ‘9/11’ and seeming so sad?” How do you answer a question like that, when your child was not alive or too young to remember that day you and I could never forget? As the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks [...]
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