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Life experience plays an integral role in shaping our behavior and thinking. I have come a long way from being an unsettled 18-year-old to a…

New Zealand was largely able to avoid the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, until now. The contagious nature of the delta variant and the high…

My husband, Aubrey, has begun watching cooking videos on YouTube to overcome an aversion to food and eating. We are both from Malaysia, where f…

As we enter the second half of October, I’m not quite sure how the end of the year has arrived so quickly. Time flies while…

To all my fellow caregivers, I want you to know that I understand what you are going through, and I am cheering you on. After…

I lost my mother in May. Even as I type those words, I have not fully come to terms with it, as I have yet…

If you are a longtime caregiver for a loved one with hereditary ATTR amyloidosis, you are probably knowledgeable about the condition. My name is…

I look for humor in every situation. Humor can be lifesaving in times of despair. U.S. Congregational minister Henry Ward Beecher said, “A person…

The 3rd European ATTR Amyloidosis Meeting for Patients and Doctors was held virtually on Sept. 6-8. Because the New Zealand Amyloidosis Patients Association,…

My husband and I were married on March 15, 1995. Looking back at these 26 years, I can see the gray and black stain of…