By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Since 2000, Sobel has worked to make known the quiet suffering of single caregivers through the Andre Sobel River of Life Foundation, or ASRL, which bears the name of her son. After losing Andre in his teens to an inoperable brain tumor, Sobel reflected on her life...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Half a century ago, Joe Garagiola played baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals and witnessed firsthand the danger of “spit” tobacco use. Since then, the anti-tobacco movement has grown in strength, yet the focus has largely been on cigarettes. In the...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
After nearly 35 years with a bustling pathology practice, Roger Sorg refocused his medical skills on primary care. Sorg’s new focus led him to develop one of the first Volunteers-in-Medicine (VIM) clinics on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina. As an interest...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Kathy Hull, a clinical psychologist, and Barbara Beach, a pediatric oncologist, met while colleagues at Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland working with terminally ill children and their families. Both women had long lamented the limited options...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
After his mother died of fall-related injuries, former state legislator David Schwartz, 67, became passionate about preventing geriatric falls and founded ElderCare Companies.The organization’s goal is to reduce the incidence, severity, and costs of geriatric...
