Videos help family caregivers navigate tricky tasks
Renata Louwers has a hard time getting her blood drawn. The needle, the pinprick of pain, the viscous liquid flowing out of her arm — they make her queasy. So,...
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Northwestern doctor developed website for managing the last chapter of life
At least once a day, Dr. Lee Ann Lindquist gets an urgent phone call. "Mom fell and is in the hospital," a concerned middle-aged son might report. "Dad got lost...
Geriatricians can help aging patients navigate multiple ailments
For months, Teresa Christensen's 87-year-old mother, Genevieve, complained of pain from a nasty sore on her right foot. She stopped going to church. She couldn't sleep at night. Eventually, she...
The lowdown on lead and its lingering health effects on children
Tens of thousands of people in Flint, Mich., may have guzzled down coffee, orange juice and pots of spaghetti laced with lead when the city began drawing inadequately treated water...
Grief can become so deep that life becomes paralyzed
It was her 40th wedding anniversary, and Cindy Sobel of Cresskill, N.J., had spoken to her husband just a short time before. But when she arrived home from work, he...
Doors to treatment opening for poor people struggling with mental illnesses
Five years ago, Joseph Hale didn't care whether he lived or died. He was unemployed, hooked on drugs and deeply depressed. Help came after Hale swallowed a bottle of pills...
Doors to treatment opening for poor people struggling with mental illnesses
Five years ago, Joseph Hale didn't care whether he lived or died. He was unemployed, hooked on drugs and deeply depressed. Help came after Hale swallowed a bottle of pills...
The Alzheimer’s supper club
For eight months the couples met at the local offices of the Alzheimer's Association learning about dementia, a diagnosis that had turned their lives upside down. They cried together. Laughed...
When pain is depressing
A year ago, Bernard Belisle was in a bad way. Pain throbbed in his legs all day, every day, and he was angry and irritable much of the time. Then,...
When pain is depressing
A year ago, Bernard Belisle was in a bad way. Pain throbbed in his legs all day, every day, and he was angry and irritable much of the time. Then,...