A neurologist's personal battle against Alzheimer's disease
As I have mentioned in a previous post, the beta-amyloid plaques of Alzheimer’s disease can be seen in the brain up to 20 years before the onset of cognitive decline. The amyloid hypothesis holds...
Getting literally lost in the fog is a terrifying experience. It happened to me about thirty years ago while sailing in the San Juan Islands, an archipelago that lies between Vancouver Island in British Columbia...
The green flash is a very small green light that appears to be emanating from the top of the sun just as it sinks below an absolutely clear horizon. It lasts only a second...
Recently while out walking my dog Jack, I encountered a blond woman pushing a toddler in a stroller while walking her dog. I stopped to chat asking her how old her son was now and...
One of my most exciting wildlife experiences was seeing and photographing a mother Kodiak brown bear in Alaska’s Katmai National Park teaching her two cubs how to dig for clams. These coastal bears are...
Two days ago, I read a fascinating article in the New York Times by restaurant critic Tejal Rao about her sudden loss of smell due to Covid-19 last December. “I noted that moment as...
One of the thrilling things about being on the Oregon coast is experiencing the frequent winter storms blowing down from the Gulf of Alaska. Wind gusts can reach 70 mph, near hurricane strength, and...
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