Writer and moviemaker Nora Ephron kept her illness very secret and so her death last year shocked almost everyone. Today in the New York Times, Ephron's son, Jacob Bernstein (his father is famous Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein) wrote a beautiful piece about his mother's illness…
When it comes to health issues, the media reports contradictory “evidence” almost weekly. Once again, we hear that what we thought would protect us, may not actually do anything good at all. What is a person to do? My doctor says, “Be sensible. We may…
Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with writer Catherine Johnston of Olympia, Wash., discuss here issues facing aging boomers, seniors and those experiencing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.
