How to Tell the Difference Between Bipolar and Schizoaffective Disorders
03 June 2023 - BP Magazine
With its overlap of symptoms from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder can often be a diagnostic challenge. Yet, pinpointing the correct condition paves the way for successful symptom management. ...
The toll of violence and the pandemic
12 April 2022 - Rochester Beacon
"It's been horrible out here, trying to keep up with death," says mortician Thomas Gainey. ...
A Deaf Physician Grapples with the Pandemic
23 January 2022 - https://rochesterbeacon.com/2022/01/31/a-deaf-physician-grapples-with-the-pandemic/
When COVID-19 first struck, physicians were plummeted into a dangerous, unpredictable new world. For Carolyn Stern, a deaf family practitioner who works in urgent-care clinics run by the University of Rochester Medical Center, there was... ...
Discussion with Israeli Author A.B. Yehoshua
01 February 2021 - Jewish Views
Novelist, short story writer, essayist and playwright, Avraham B. Yehoshua, better known as A.B. Yehoshua, has held a central role in Israeli modern literature for decades. Now in his 80s, the renowned author remains a... ...
Tom Ferraro, Innovative Leader of the Food Bank movement, is honored
26 October 2020 - Rochester Business Journal
https://rbj.net/2020/10/23/foodlink-founder-tom-ferraro-left-a-living-legacy/ ...
Deaf Scientists Created More Than 1,000 New Signs to Dramatically Improve their Ability to Communicate
05 August 2019 - Leaps Magazine
For the deaf, talent and hard work may not be enough to succeed in the sciences. ...
Surfing for Science: A Fin Sensor Makes Waves
26 December 2018 - Leaps Magazine
For David Walden, a Southern Californian, surfing is a lifestyle, not a hobby. The 38-year-old works nights at a seafood restaurant to leave his mornings free for surfing. While the surfers are doing what they... ...
He was Shot in the back
02 July 2018 - Narratively
After Silvon Simmons was shot by a police officer, he was the one charged with attempted murder. Now he’s piecing his life back together. ...
For Transgender College Students, Health Care is Far From Guaranteed
18 June 2018 - The Progressive
Henry Trettenbach was settling into summer vacation last year when he received an alarming Facebook message from his college physician. Annamaria Kontor had been abruptly fired from the Rochester Institute of Technology for prescribing hormone... ...
Get Your Hopes Up
04 January 2018 - BP Hope
The belief that your life can and will get better is a vital part of recovery from bipolar disorder. Luckily, hope is a renewable resource. ...
Animal-lovers alert: Wild residents of Black Beauty Ranch
27 December 2017 - Texas Highways
On the outskirts of Murchison in East Texas, a sprawling animal sanctuary has provided a home for rescued animals for nearly 40 years. With more than 40 species—ranging from American bison to Asian water buffalo,... ...
Upon the Desecration of Hundreds of Jewish Tombstones
07 December 2017 - Lilith
My two dogs are enjoying their Saturday post-breakfast walk, sticking their noses in the snow, still pristine from the night before. ...
Niagara Falls' Colourful New Look
10 December 2016 - BBC Travel
Niagara Falls, the three majestic waterfalls that straddle the Canadian-United States border, can now be seen at night like never before. ...
Fighting for Independence; the ADA and service animals
02 September 2016 - The Bark
Devyn Pereira and Hannah, her service dog, move through their day as one. Clipped to Hannah’s harness, the nine-year-old is both safe and as independent as possible. If Devyn tries to roam, the 110-pound, white... ...
Where a Simple Photo Changed a Life
01 August 2016 - BBC Travel
A white-haired beggar sits outside the 13th-century Konark Sun Temple in Odisha, India, a wide smile spread across his face. His hands, deformed by leprosy, cradle the first photo of himself he has ever seen.... ...
Toward A Kinder Gentler Union Between Landlords And Pets
25 March 2016 - City Lab
A week before their move from Maryland to Colorado, Hannah Pinkerton and Andrew Schubauer still didn’t have housing on the other end. They’d spent months searching online for rental properties in Fort Collins that would... ...
Why People Give Up Beloved Pets
22 January 2016 - Next Avenue
Alan Killough lost his job around the same time the family cat had kittens. Reluctantly, he and his wife, Lisa Harrison, both 56, took the litter to the nearby Downey Animal Care Center in Downey,... ...
A College Wish List for My Son
04 September 2015 - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Drexel University has become the first American college to deploy a “mental-health kiosk” on campus. The hope is that touch-screen technology might make that first call for help less intimidating. See a video about Drexel’s... ...
Off to college with mental illness: How to prepare
12 February 2015 - Tribune Newspapers
Margaret Skoch of Cleveland felt a jumble of emotions as the day to leave for college neared. She was thrilled to be attending her dream school, Notre Dame University, her mother's alma mater. She was... ...
Playgroups Bark Winter
15 November 2014 - Bark
Jimmy didn’t know it, but he had a death sentence hanging over his head. The barrel-chested, squat stray, ears cut to look fighting fierce, had failed a dog-to-dog temperament test at Rochester Animal Services, a... ...
Best Friends for Thousands of Years
24 October 2014 - Rodale Wellness
Anyone who has ever loved a dog would find life without our four-legged friends unimaginable. But there is much about the dog's origin that remains a mystery. ...
Hot much sleep do we really need?
19 October 2014 - Post Magazine
Maiken Nedergaard M.D., co-director of the University of Rochester's Center for Translational Neuromedicine, is a rock star in the world of sleep research. ...
Grassroots Animal Welfare
14 June 2014 - Bark
Matt Piccone maneuvers his van through the streets of Rochester, a mid-sized city in upstate New York with the fifth-highest poverty rate in the nation. Beside him sits Hillary Cardin, a veterinary technician. ...
Designing Wellness Facilities and living environments
14 February 2012 - ICAA Developer's Guide
Trends in design point to social spaces, universal features and integration of wellness into everyday lives ...
The Power of Pets
10 October 2010 - esperanza
In wondrous ways, animals help us feel better ...
Buying Trouble
19 April 2010 - esperanza
When "shop til you drop" is all too real, compulsive spenders pay a heavy price ...
Accepting the Diagnosis
19 July 2009 - bp
At age 29, Julie Coultas seemed to be at an enviable place in life. She had good friends. ...
In a Silent Way
14 June 2006 - Bark
A few weeks before Christmas 2005, dog breeder Susan Patrick noticed that one of her young Lab bitches had stopped eating. ...
