A PEACEFUL COVE OF ACCEPTANCE By Carol Jaquith The onset of any serious illness can be like a tidal wave. When illness turns chronic, it can threaten to overwhelm you with wave after wave of loss and... Read more >>

Facts: Each year, thousands of older Americans fall at home. But older people are not the only ones that are at risk for falling. Any type of illness, such as fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis,... Read more >>

A world away there is a lifetime of good health to be discovered… In remote corners of the world, across the globe, and for thousands of years, a handful of cultures have mastered the art of... Read more >>

As I sit here with my hand in surgical wrappings, I have to (again) wonder what is next. So many diagnoses, so many doctors, so many surgeries. I have become a person that schedules surgeries around... Read more >>

Everything’s going well: Your career is on track, you love where you live, and you actually have a love life. Then something terrible happens—you’re diagnosed with a serious illness.... Read more >>

I was diagnosed right after my third child was born, and I had a few sore joints. But then I developed a strange very bright red rash across my cheeks, known as a Butterfly Rash. It was so... Read more >>

I was married with two-school-age children when I woke up from routine surgery with the left side of my body paralyzed by a stroke, caused by a microscopic piece of tissue that had broken away and... Read more >>

It was a very late night, almost 10 p.m. I know I have to go because I might be late for my graveyard shift. We were assigned on the Critical Ward tonight that was why I was a bit wary to step out of... Read more >>

Recently I held a discussion and book signing at the Hopkinton public library in Hopkinton MA. During the question-and-answer segment of our discussion, one of the participants, the only person... Read more >>