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...died in 1999 from Parkinson's disease. Alice says she is now mainly kept company by her cat--to whom she feels a great deal of devotion...
That's exactly what Flora Zeman, 71, has been able to do. After she moved to Tamarac, Fla., a friend's husband got Parkinson's disease. "They had no coverage, and she had to give up her house," says Zeman, who bought a lifetime policy just before she turned 65. As a result of diabetes, she now uses a wheelchair. Her LTC policy pays for a home health aide for about nine hours...
...leading proponents of yoga as a form of holistic therapy. At the Somerville, Mass., B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Center she co-founded in 1985, she teaches a class for students with "specific needs." She has developed customized posture sequences for conditions ranging from arthritis to cancer to Parkinson's disease. Her students report experiencing both relief from pain and greater calm. "Some say it's the only thing that gets them through the week," says Dr. Timothy McCall, who works with Walden in her specific-needs class...
...leading proponents of yoga as a form of holistic therapy. At the Somerville, Mass., B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Center she co-founded in 1985, she teaches a class for students with "specific needs." She has developed customized posture sequences for conditions ranging from arthritis to cancer to Parkinson's disease. Her students report experiencing both relief from pain and greater calm. "Some say it's the only thing that gets them through the week," says Dr. Timothy McCall, who works with Walden in her specific-needs class...
...kids' business is not child's play. "Launching a lot of different variants does not necessarily help a brand," says Nicky Parkinson, U.K. managing director of children's TV channel Nickelodeon. "The more you launch, the more you can kill it." Others say that kids see through any programming based on a slick marketing idea and not much else. "People have come to me with the bed linen designed before they've thought about the main characters," sighs Kate Fawkes, a consultant to HIT Entertainment who oversaw the development of Bob the Builder and is now working...