Navigating With Grace

Humor, optimism and resilience have helped writer and trained social worker Susan Margolis Stillman get through a host of family medical challenges. Susan is a breast cancer survivor, but her mother lost her battle with malignant melanoma and Susan’s son has a rare...

Episode 97: Anything For That Smile

Loretta Veney’s greatest fear is that her mother will outlive her money.  Her great grandmother lived to age 107 and her grandmother to age 98.  Neither had dementia.  But Loretta’s mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease at age 77.  In today’s show, Loretta...

Episode 82: Your GPS Doc

For nearly two decades, pediatrician Dr. Nicole Rochester has had an insider’s view of the way hospitals work.  In today’s show she shares her knowledge, explaining how the doctor-patient relationship has changed over the years, how the fast-paced nature of hospitals...