personal health

What’s So Bad About Having Alzheimer’s?

Posted on 06/9/2011 by | Health | Comments

Personal HealthEvery other Thursday, we have Trish Vradenburg as our special guest blogger covering Alzheimer’s issues. Trish is a playwright, author, television writer, and Alzheimer’s Disease advocate. She and her husband George founded UsAgainstAlzheimer’s with the goal of finding a cure or treatment for Alzheimer’s by the year 2020. She brings her legendary humor and wit to the devastating realities of Alzheimer’s, and we’re excited to have her share with us here. Recently, Margaret Morganroth Gullette wrote an op-ed in the …

Tart Cherry Juice: Nature’s Ibuprofen?

Posted on 05/9/2011 by | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthFirst it was pomegranate juice, then acai berry juice, and now…tart red cherry juice is the newest super-food  darling. Full of anti-oxidants that help block inflammation,  the juice from tart, red cherries is supposed to provide all kinds of health benefits, including relief from gout and arthritis, protection against heart disease and cancer, even help with sleeping for older adults. A blogger in the New York Daily News recently called it Mother Nature’s ibuprofen after she took it to help …