The Super Lawyers story that started it all for me. Now it’s 2024 and I just filed a profile of a personal injury litigator from Virginia who knows first hand what catastrophic and unexpected loss feels like. Tomorrow I’m interview…
More from GoodRX: Another kidney donation story and a piece about a man coming to terms with his mom’s death by suicide 50 years later
My last post was about friend-since-kindergarten Jackie Mango donating a kidney to her friend, Maria Scoloveno. That was only one of the kidney donation stories I had on GoodRX this month. The other, which can be found here is about…
When your friend gives her friend a kidney because she’s awesome
I’ve known Jackie since kindergarten. We walked to elementary school together and made plans to marry the same guy. That didn’t work out, but I was a bridesmaid when she got married and she and her husband celebrated my wedding…
Advances in Epilepsy Treatment: My recent piece for “Brain and Life”
My latest for “Brain and Life” is about what’s new in epilepsy treatment. (TL:DR: There are lots.)
The Philadelphia Citizen’s Citizens of the Year honors
I was lucky enough to write about three individuals honored by The Philadelphia Citizen’s inaugural “Citizens of the Year” awards. First, the Lifetime Achievement award went to two women who need no introduction locally: Sister Mary Scullion and Joan Dawson…
“Sunshine Stories” from Prevention Point Philadelphia
As many people know, Philadelphia has a large population of residents struggling with opioid addiction and the negatives that come with it. For the past year, I’ve been writing “Sunshine Stories” for Prevention Point Philadelphia, an organization that works to…
Dancing is good for brain health!
Here’s one of my recent pieces for Brain and Life magazine, the official patient publication of the American Academy of Neurology. It focuses on the link between dancing and health. Since it came out, Mischwa, the dance instructor in the…