Author: Linda Moore

Yesterday Sue talked about the difference between a legitimate, scientific clinical trial and one that is not. Today she gives us a short lesson in what to look for in the legitimate ones.

Clinical Trial Design: Part 1

By now, we’ve all heard this week’s news about 3 women being blinded by questionable stem cell ‘treatments’.  Sue is waiting for a ‘real’, legitimate stem cell clinical trial and she writes about the difference between the two.

In the News

Sue wrote this page last December about how the reports of stem cell treatments have turned them into modern ‘snake oil’ (ie, treatments with questionable or unverifiable benefit).   We decided to move it up for publication because of the recent news report about 3 women who were blinded by stem cell treatments.

Beware Snake Oil

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  This is a page Sue wrote for Mardi Gras and she mentions St. Patrick Day, both holidays with rich traditions.

Let The Good Times Roll!

May your troubles be less and your blessings be more

And nothing but happiness come through your door

 

Sue gets as excited about the MaxiAids catalog as she did with the Sears toy catalog when we were young!

My Wish List

Having a disability is expensive in terms of health care costs, interruptions in time on the job, expense of assistive devices, etc.  It pays to check out the resources that are available.

Wake-up Call

Are there preconceived notions about the happiness and capabilities of those who are blind?  Yes!  It’s up to us to teach others.  Instead of being part of the problem of misconceptions, be…

Part of the Solution

What does Bingo have to do with altruism?  Read on…

Bingo!

One of the concepts that Sue uses and teaches is mindfulness.  Basically it means to focus not in the past and not in the future but in the…

Here and Now

Sue hadn’t written for a few days which got her thinking about how living with a chronic illness like AMD often has a period of high anxiety and frantic activity followed by a period of relative stability.  Not that her eyes have gotten any better, she’s just called…

A Truce