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Do You Have an Advance Directive?
I’m working on my Advance Directive for Health Care, or “living will.” Why? Because an essay called “How Doctors Die” convinced me I need to get this done right away…
Healthy Habits for Healthy Aging: Four Steps You Can Take
There’s a saying here at Joslin Diabetes Center: “People with diabetes can live long, healthy lives.” And we know this to be true, based on data from Joslin’s Medalist Study…
Mirror, Mirror, on the Bed…
Do I have to wake up? All I want to do is sleep. When I’m asleep, my (nonexistent) leg doesn’t bother me. (For the unaware, a bone infection led to a below-the-knee amputation of my left leg a little over two years ago…)
Drink More Water
Last month I was taken to the emergency room because my blood pressure dropped. It turned out I had gone low because of dehydration. I’m really embarrassed because I hadn’t realized how important hydration is…
How Healthy Do You Think You Are?
Does your health largely depend on how healthy you think you are? Studies show that people who rate their health positively are far less likely to die than those who think they are unwell, even when results were adjusted for actual medical condition…
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream…
There’s a pre-fast meal to prepare, a monthly bulletin to complete, and a house to clean. But all I want to do is sleep. I wake up sleepy from my overnight sleep, from my morning nap, my afternoon nap, my evening nap, and my in-between-naps naps. Oh, I know what the problem is, and all I have to do is…
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