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Acupuncture–It Isn’t For The Faint Of Heart, aka Needles In My Body? You’ve Got To Be Kidding!

Joyce HoffmanApril 8, 2018November 30, 2021
I have, at times, a painful lower back and, since we're enumerating, a restless leg and arthritis in the hip, as a result of the stroke, the latter from bad...
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Oxycodone and Me, a Failing (and Falling) Relationship

Joyce HoffmanFebruary 11, 2018November 30, 2021
I last wrote the blog around Thanksgiving. And then I stopped altogether. Not because my ideas ran out. This post is now written and published, taking me 5 days in...
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Stroke Survivors Alert: The Way to Nap, aka It’s Siesta Time!

Joyce HoffmanNovember 13, 2017November 30, 2021
Cornell University social psychologist James Maas coined the phrase "power nap." Just 15 or 20 minutes each day, sometimes twice a day if your day is long enough, will give...
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Caregivers Should Take Notice; Those They Care For Should Demand More

Joyce HoffmanSeptember 26, 2017November 30, 2021
One never knows when he or she will be a caregiver. I lived in New Jersey for 17 years with my ex-partner. In the 12th year, I got a hemorrhagic...
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The Solar Eclipse and Danger to Your Eyes: Shameless Scam or Ultimate Truth?

Joyce HoffmanAugust 18, 2017November 30, 2021
Hoo-hah! Everybody loves a party, or an excuse for one. So the Solar Eclipse is coming on Monday, August 21, and there's parties galore, even a festival in Solartown, Oregon,...
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Botox for Spasticity Didn’t Work? Try Dysport If You Like

Joyce HoffmanAugust 12, 2017November 30, 2021
This article caught my eye: Ibsen Pharmaceuticals developed a drug for spasticity--Dysport. Huh! I thought the only drug in the world to stop spasticity was BOTOX. (Maybe all caps the...

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