A tripling of strokes in middle aged women! And why is this happening? From the research by Dr. Amytis Towfighi, a neurology specialist at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles: Nearly 2 percent of women ages 35 to 54 reported suffering a stroke in the most recent federal health survey, from 1999 to…
I just had my 68th birthday – and had a birthday party too. I was so glad I decided to change thoughts about doing a party. Friends and neighbors came – many bearing food and wine [learned here that asking people not to bring anything falls on deaf ears] so we ate and ate and…
I have begun to volunteer at a local community radio station [KBOO] and will be involved in the programming for International Woman’s Day on March 8th. Although first observed in the United States, it has become pretty unknown here…You can read about the day here: http://www.internationalwomensday.com/default.asp. At the brainstorming meeting we all put in thoughts…
After my 65th birthday I decided to not celebrate my birthdays unless they ended with a 5 or a 0 – but my thinking has now changed. With the recent deaths of two friends, one who never reached 65 and the never reaching 75, I decided that life is too good a thing to miss…
This week I got back into doing more exercising. Admittedly, I am one who takes exercise out of my schedule when I get busy knowing that is BAD for me! It’s usually bad for everyone – but most of us stop exercising when we have other things to do. I started feeling more tired even…