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My Cane Is Not A Decoration

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Personal PerspectivesMy late friend Edith Prentiss, a disability advocate, led by example when it came to fighting for accessibility. Now I use a cane, and I've learned to channel my inner Edith.

By Arlene Schulman

Food and Nutrition

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How Music Makes Sense When It Comes To Good Nutrition

Ditch the salt and cue up the Johnny Cash - sonic seasoning can actually make food taste better in healthier ways

Food and Nutrition

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Viagra Turns 25!

Here's a little bit of the history behind the blue pill, along with other ways to enhance sexual functioning

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Roz Chast is Candid About Caregiving

The New Yorker cartoonist writes with humor and honesty about caregiving for her late parents, who lived into their 90s, in her graphic memoir ‘Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?’

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