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Parkinson’s and Stroke Survivor Helps Others

In 1973, Renee Le Verrier was a 12-year-old girl playing with neighborhood friends. "Then the next thing I knew, I was on the neighbor's driveway on my back and couldn't get up,"

Athlete Kyle Maynard Revisited (Part 2)

Last week, I shared the first of two columns featuring 26-year-old Kyle Maynard of Georgia, who was born with amniotic band syndrome resulting in...

Divorce: Dispelling a Popular Myth

In my first decade involved in disability issues, I repeatedly heard people claim that marriages involving parents of children with disabilities had a divorce...

Nugent Helped Change a Nation

For more than 60 years, 88-year-old Tim Nugent of Champaign, Illinois, has been by far the nation's most effective advocate in terms of creating...

Group Helps Chronically Ill

It was not a good year for Lisa Copen. In 1993 one day, suddenly her wrist began freezing up in pain and soon the...

Arthrogryposis, Art Wackett’s Story

A National Institutes of Health website defines arthrogryposis as "a group of non-progressive conditions characterized by multiple joint contractures (stiff joints) and abnormal muscle...

Cerebral Palsy – Giving something back

Lee Schuh has quite a story. "I grew up in a South Korean orphanage," said 42-year-old Schuh in a telephone interview. "I have mild...

Migraine Headaches

Migraines are "a very painful type of headache" that can cause throbbing or pulsing in one area of the head, sensitivity to light and...

Multiple Sclerosis

Forty-year-old Tom Stewart and his little dog had quite a scare recently.'I was just going down to the convenience station in my electric wheelchair to get something to eat,' he said in a telephone interview from his apartment in a Midwestern state.

Honda Fit remains a standout subcompact

Honda Fit: Simplify & Save Roseville, Calif. - Subcompact cars are typically devoid of excitement. Yet they are still in demand. There's a reason people buy...

๐Ÿ”ฆ Local Spotlight ๐Ÿ”ฆ

Paul Black’s Solar Panel Cleaning in Roseville serving the region for...

Roseville, Calif. - Money-saving solar panels in Roseville, Rocklin and throughout South Placer County have become ubiquitous From new residential solar communities continue to big business and after market installation, solar seems to be a smart choice to shred those high monthly electric costs.

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Roseville 9th Best City to Retire in United States

Roseville, Calif.- The abundance of shopping choices, outdoor recreational opportunities, great weather, and proximity to the Sierra Nevada Mountains, wineries and San Francisco are all mentioned by Money.com as reasons for the ranking.