Earlier this year, I attended a taping of the only show devoted to Real News of the OC, Real Orange, at the former KOCE-TV in Huntington Beach, Calif. The station had just assumed the expanded role of … [Read more...]
American Idle? Work works for baby boomers
My mother, Mary Louise, taught school for 35 years and she loved (almost) every day of it. “The children,” she would say often, “are such a joy.” Of course, not every child was always a joy, but in … [Read more...]
The good, bad (cholesterol) and anacetrapib
Say it three times and it’s yours. Anacetrapib: It is part of the drug class of cholesteryl ester anise protein (CETP) inhibitors. If you have high cholesterol, you may wish it was yours. I’m … [Read more...]
There’s something in my eye: a corneal inlay
Plop. There they’d go again, reading glasses sliding off the ski jump of my nose. I’d push them back—that is, when I could find the darned things. Losing my near or up-close vision was one of the … [Read more...]
Caregiving: the sexist business
I wasn’t sure I’d survive the 2010 holiday season, gasping for New Year’s air after the most gut-wrenching experience of my life. It left me damaged. I’ve learned a mother lode bout ego, greed and … [Read more...]
Every party needs a pooper: This one had plenty
Ya’ gotta’ hand it to the awesome gals at Aging but Dangerous™. They didn't let any grass grow under their feet or any polyps in their colons. Take The World’s Largest Colonoscopy Party, held March 31 … [Read more...]