"The experience of caring for someone with Alzheimer's can be incredibly isolating, at a time when you need support the most. We are grateful that this process has helped us come together as a family and as a community to celebrate that most…
“TO LIVE in the hearts of those we leave behind is never to die,” said Robert Orr. Forty seven-year-old Mahesh Mahadevan, composer and music director, who passed away on October 29, 2002, has certainly immortalized himself in the hearts of his…
Utermohlen's self-portraits provide a stark look at the devastating effects of Alzheimer's. As the artist struggled to keep in touch with the world around him, his works became flatter, more abstract, with a new loss of details and spatial…
Living with RA is living with pain but “Don’t let the disease define you”. RA causes pain in his hands, but he plays the piano every day to keep his fingers moving and his brain active.
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Paro has been caring for her mother, 86, who has dementia, for the last six years. She is frequently found in doctor’s waiting rooms and has their numbers on speed dial. She tells us what she has learnt from the experience.
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High cholesterol and heart trouble ran in her family. But Varsha Marfatia, 85, didn’t let it control her life, says her grand-daughter Utsa Shah.
Tell us about your grandmother’s condition.
She had high cholesterol leading to…
Dubai-resident Indu, 48, tells us how she managed her asthma and is now medication-free.
When were you diagnosed with asthma?
I was first diagnosed when I was around 11-years of age. Then, for the second time around age 44. …
Cancer survivor Lam Yi-ning is only 12 years old. She was diagnosed with cancer when she was just seven. She underwent brain surgery, four chemotherapy sessions and 30 radiotherapy sessions. Despite frequent headaches and impaired vision,…
In the words of Kamini Pradhan, a featured Ovarian cancer crusader
Family and friends have a major role to play in the treatment of a cancer patient. A cancer patient can be supported in the following ways :-
MENTAL / EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
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