Tag Archive | Conditions and Diseases
This is ALS
Normal? – Content? – Thankful? Last year, midway through ALS awareness month, I took those three letters and put them under a microscope for a close look. Normal popped up first because it has been fading daily from my world. While coping with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) normal begs to be redefined each morning and […]
Tobii PCEye
The Tobii PCEye is the most advanced stand-alone eye control device on the market for operating a standard PC through eye gaze. Designed to dock under retail PC monitors, it operates with precision and effectively tracks nearly every user regardless of eye color, lighting conditions, environments or head movement. LAS VEGAS, CES 2013 — In […]
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
Having grown up with rock legend Bob Dylan, Rob Borsellino always wanted to shake the hand of his favorite artist. With the help of a friend those hands finally met out west near a corn field. On April 21, 2006, legendary musicians Bob Dylan and Merle Haggard traveled to Des Moines, Iowa to perform a […]
Drink Responsible
What is – Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)? A PEG is a safe and effective way to provide food, liquids and medications (when appropriate) directly into the stomach. The procedure is done for patients who are having difficulty swallowing. Patrick O’Brien wants you to Drink Responsible this Season, cause you never know what Health issues may […]
The Rise Of Prescription Drugs In America
NPR News Prescription drug spending is the third most expensive cost in our health care system. And spending seems to grow larger every year. Just last year, the average American got 12 prescriptions a year, as compared with 1992, when Americans got an average of seven prescriptions. In a decade and a half, the use […]
How Meditation Can Help Manage Stress and Improve
Many people think that meditation has to do with certain religion, this is not true. In fact meditation is nothing to do with religion. Anyone, regardless of his or her religion, can practise meditation and enjoy the health benefits from it. Meditation can help you to improve your mind function and overall health. Meditation has […]
Stress-Strain-Adaptation
Many years ago I enrolled in a class that studied Jewish civilization through their 5000 years of existence. The three points of the triangle have been forever present in their existence. I find these three points of a triangle to be helpful in explaining the existence of ALS. Be it, 5000 years or 140 years, […]
People vs. The State of Illusion
“The significant problems we face can not be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” – Albert Einstein
ALS to Health might be in your Head
Over the past decade ALS patients, caregivers and family members have been traumatized waiting to find that cure. For science, it is a needle in the haystack that seems impossible to find. ALS patients are very demanding and they should be, their illness is one of the worst known to medicine. If there is an […]
Remembering ALS March of Faces
Jane Gilbert addressed ALS Advocacy days in Washington D.C. 2012, and was on message when she referred to the new faces in the crowd, familiar faces, and the missing faces. For me, a stark reminder of the relentless efforts of ALS March of Faces. I Ramble … for this grass-roots ALS organization that was born and continued […]
Life with My Speaking Machine
Speaking Machine: by Chuck and Sandra Hummer, I discovered a great text to speak application for iPod Touch and iPads when visiting the loan closet folks for speaking machines at Tampa General Medical Center a couple of years ago. I was so impressed that I bought an iPod Touch and the software within a few days […]
ALS – Cold Case Goes Public
Dear Florida, “Lou Gehrig’s Disease is stealing our loved ones piece by piece.” That’s a phrase that before long you’ll start hearing a lot; and, as two patients who have been struck by that disease, we can tell you personally that the phrase rings true. ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease has stolen a lot from […]
