Ingfei Chen
Senior contributing editor
- About
Ingfei Chen has witnessed the hope and hype and miracles and failings of medical care and scientific research during more than 15 years of covering both areas as a journalist. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she started her career as a general assignment reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle but shifted to the medical beat at Time Inc.'s Hippocrates and Health magazines. As a freelancer, her work has been published in The New York Times, Discover, Reader's Digest, and CR, a magazine for cancer survivors. Chen has a B.S. in biology from Brown University and an M.A. in journalism from Stanford University. She was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2004-2005 and has been a lecturer in the graduate science writing program at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Chen's awareness of the challenges of aging was heightened when she worked as a contributing editor in 2002-2004 for Science Magazine's Science of Aging Knowledge Environment, a website about gerontology research. Her own mother and father live in the same New York City neighborhood where she grew up. Now approaching their 80s, they play tennis twice a week and walk to the grocery store or library every day. Chen regularly checks in with them by phone and bugs them to go to the doctor when necessary.
Recently Published on Caring.com
Friday August 08, 2008
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Article - Parkinson's Disease and Speech
For Parkinson's patients, speech therapy can often help with speaking difficulties that leave them unable to communicate clearly.
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Monday July 28, 2008
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Article - Parkinson's Disease: A Guide to Mind and Mood
A guide to the cognitive and behavioral symptoms common in Parkinson's disease, and how they can be treated.
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Friday July 25, 2008
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Checklist - 8 Ways to Help Your Parent Cope With Parkinson's Disease
8 Ways to Help Your Parent Cope With Parkinson's Disease
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Wednesday May 07, 2008
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Article - Parkinson's Disease: How Medicines Can Ease Your Parent's Symptoms
Here are the options for drug therapy for Parkinson's disease -- and what to expect in terms of benefits and side effects as the illness progresses.
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Article - Parkinson's Disease: A Beginner's Guide
This beginner's guide to Parkinson's disease helps you understand your parent's diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment options.
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Article - Parkinson's Disease: How to Keep Up With the Latest Research
Here's how to locate reliable, up-to-date information about Parkinson's disease research and Parkinson's disease websites.
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Article - How to Help a Parent With Parkinson's Disease Thrive
When a parent has Parkinson's disease, exercise and other therapies can help her stay active and independent as long as possible.
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Checklist - 10 Signs That Your Parent Might Have Parkinson's Disease
10 signs of Parkinson's are explained in detail to help you figure out whether your parent might have Parkinson's disease.
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Checklist - 8 Questions to Ask When Your Parent Has a Parkinson's Disease Diagnosis
These 8 questions will help you make get oriented quickly when your parent's been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
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