Learning About Lou Gehrig, his Diagnosis, Disability and Pride
Once the athlete acknowledges his limitations, he is treated kindly and generously by his manager, teammates and fans.
Dr. Elaine Schattner's notes on becoming educated as a patient
Once the athlete acknowledges his limitations, he is treated kindly and generously by his manager, teammates and fans.
The author is saddened to learn that Christopher Hitchens died late yesterday evening at the age of 62, roughly a year and a half after receiving a diagnosis of esophageal cancer. He was a prolific ...
Yesterday’s Washington Post Sports has a clip from CNN, 20 years ago, when basketball star Magic Johnson announced on TV that he had HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The date was Nov 7, 1991. ...
Yesterday morning I wrote a short post on CelebrityDiagnosis.com. By evening, news broke that Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs resigned from his position, presumably for reasons of his health. What’s public, by Jobs’ decision, is ...