Younger people ignore their health? That’s not a good trend during Mens Health Month. Maybe they mistrust the medical industry? Big Pharma? There’s some evidence millennials are the most into ‘self care.’ That’s nice, except when self care isn’t enough. Older people ignoring their health is an even worse trend. The mental part of […]
HERO ON A MAYAN CALENDAR SCHEDULE LATE FOR WORK
May 22, 2017 by
A hero blazes their own trail, not across any calendar. The hero with a thousand faces and no watch. Don’t ask a hero what time it is. There’s only one answer. It’s like asking a rock and roll singer if their mic is turned on. “When you sing like me, there’s no off switch.” […]
PRE-EXISTING CONDITION AFTER CANCER DIAGNOSIS
May 4, 2017 by
The day a cancer diagnosis becomes a pre-existing condition Like we learn everyday when things change, everybody is different. What you do after a cancer diagnosis isn’t the same as someone else. They might go along their way as if hearing a bee buzzing nearby. Shoo, cancer/bee. Or they might fall down on their […]
PORTLAND WRITER NIGHT, @WILWRITE, ON WRITER RADIO
May 3, 2017 by
On Portland Writer Night everyone’s a writer To express feelings, first you’ve got to find them. That’s what writers do. Feelings about a nice day, delicious food, good company, and a warm bed? Not so much. Too easy. The veneer of the shared moment turns to smugness on definitions. Instead, find the feels for loss […]
HOOK, BOOK, LOOK: JOEL SALATIN
September 12, 2016 by
In a hook for the ages, Joel Salatin drives his tractor right to the heart of health and nutrition. “If you think organic food is expensive, have you priced cancer lately?” He could have asked if you have priced heart disease, or diabetes, too. What he’s talking about is Death By Lifestyle through the choices […]
BOOMER HEALTH RISK: UNINTENTIONAL FALL
March 19, 2016 by
Ask Amy gives her take on baby boomers’ unintentional fall. Her numbers are big on the unintentional fall. Ask Amy doesn’t want us to take a dive. 25,000 deaths, over two million emergency room visits, all due to an unintentional fall. The Center for Disease Control even has a page, as if an unintentional fall […]
CRUISING PORTLAND CANCER CLUSTER: AN URBAN EVENT
February 21, 2016 by
Does the name Portland Cancer Cluster sound like run for your life? Should it? One lovely afternoon I sat in a Division Ave food court/food cart pod for a beer with a dear friend. We were surrounded by the sounds of urban joy that make Portland such a desirable location. Young moms and dads talked […]
THEY’RE HERS AND SHE KEPT THEM
November 21, 2014 by
Laura Ross-Paul launched a book in downtown Portland last night, not just any book. In an event at the Froelick Gallery she read a passage from “THEY’RE MINE AND I’M KEEPING THEM, How freezing my breast saved my breast.” This was a woman in victory after the hard work of fighting breast cancer. It was […]
