I don’t know why others watch American Idol. I watch to cheer talented people, often very young though I note their average age is rising. It’s always nice to see that unknown average person, hard working, struggling, trying to pursue a dream, get unbelievable exposure and achieve their dreams. To me, its symbolic for our times now, the struggle, the hope, and the final results of success for someone with whom we can relate. I think Idol is ageless and for those of us old enough to have heard music for decades, interesting to see those who are fearless in changing up the older music. Just because we get older doesn’t mean we stop living. And the distraction and discussion it generates help us all to focus on positive things to stimulate the joy juices in our brains. Read the full story

Help I am been held prisoner and cannot blog or do much else. Why? The miracles of modern technology. We moved to new offices. I love my new digs but obviously my computer does not. I have to write fast or this will freeze. So, see you when the wizards of computer wisdom can cure the ills of my computer are cured. May the force be with you.

Most of us, from time to time, find ourselves forgeting things. While this seems to occur as we age, it really can happen at any time. How many of you park your car when you go to shop and can’t remember where your car is? How many find yourselves driving on autopilot and suddenly you don’t know where you are going?

Our team recently wrote a book coming out this July, Old is the New Young, Erickson’s Secrets to Healthy Aging. The authors did a whole segment on the brain and memory with a test for your memory. More about that to come soon. But I took a comment from the book Read the full story

Ok so the title of the blog makes no sense to you, right? But it will if you are starting to feel clogged around your nose and eyes, feel pressure, kind of like a headache in your face? Welcome to my world, a world of allergies and sinusitis. It’s not the economy, nor Rush Limbaugh’s mouth, nor polls, nor politics, but maybe it is the weather. I have long been a sufferer of sinus problems and recently got on of those “nettie pots” where you put warm salt water in the pot that has a spout that fits in your nose so you can wash out your sinuses. Gross as that sounds, for me, it works. A miracle and not costly! Who knew? Read the full story

SILVER SPRING, MD – More than ever, doctors’ offices throughout the county have become more like a treadmill, maintaining rosters of thousands of patients. In an era with expanding concierge or boutique medicine (a practice in which a patient pays a large annual fee or retainer to obtain enhanced care), shared medical appointments (when a physician sees a group of patients at one time), and medical practices requiring full deductible payments in advance of an exam, Riderwood has become a haven for local physicians who desire to become a part of a more progressive health care model.  

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