Learn What To Do and Keep Abreast of Latest Developments THE NIMBLE programmers of all things iPhone are jumping on the H1N1 (“Swine Flu”) bandwagon with a useful $1.99 Swine Flu Application, which includes videos, animations and text to teach the basics about swine flu, how to reduce its, and how to prepare business for […]
Continue readingOne Women Knew and was Shut Down THIS FRONTLINE report is so good and relevant to your understanding of what has stood behind, or between, you and your financial health that I’m compelled to share it.
Continue readingVaccine Supply is Limited ON FRIDAY, President Obama decleared the “Swine Flu” (which is really “H1N1”) to be a national emergency. So far, H1N1 is responsible for killing 1,000 people in the United States. The emergency declaration is aimed at making it easier for sick people to seek treatment and medical providers to provide it […]
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A comprehensive approach to health focuses on the interplay of body, mind and spirit. Here are some details.
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Start By Knowing Your Resting Pulse I WANT to relate something important that I just saw on the new Dr. Oz Show. For those of you unfamiliar with the good doctor, Mehmet Oz is a heart surgeon, author and peripatetic dispenser of health information made pretty famous by appearing 55 times on the Oprah Winfrey […]
Continue readingNon-invasive or extensive surgery? Robots or surgeon-direct? Roni Caryn Rabin writes a good article in the New York Times today summarizing a recent study examining the pros and cons of prostrate surgery. This is a topic dear to many men’s heart (and the women who love them) as they climb into the second half of […]
Continue readingWhy is walking drunk more dangerous than driving drunk? Why prostitutes are patriotic, particularly in Chicago? Why eating kangaroo can save the planet? And a bunch of other crazy, but evidence-based, stuff from the people of SuperFreakonomics.Watch the video below, and learn more about the book here.
Continue readingFour More Health Bills In Contention LORD KNOWS how it’s going to look when made into law, but one version of America’s health care system overhaul took an unprecedented step forward today when the Senate Finance Committee approved a $829 billion health-care measure that would extend health insurance coverage to an estimated 29 million people. […]
Continue readingYes, It’s Real… Not a Psychological Problem! I AM very happy to report that today the online journal Science has reported that a virus has been discovered that might directly cause, or contribute to, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. For more than 20 years, I’ve watched a close friend battle this “syndrome”, not only within himself, but […]
Continue readingMSNBC’s Keith Olbermann devoted his entire show tonight to an hour-long “Special Comment” about America’s need for health care reform. Broken up into the five parts, Mr. Olberman delves into: -How health care is a decaying system that fails to take care of our citizens; -How health insurance business models focus more on profit than […]
Continue readingCorrects Inaccurate Portrayals, Cites Insurance Lobbyist Influence Fox Network, News Anchorman Shepard Smith has not been shy lately in challenging his TV guests about their “facts” and “talking points”. In the video above, he challenges a Senator’s depiction of the “public option” for health care reform.
Continue readingA Health Care Primer for Apple Hipsters [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITT6bYYGVfM[/youtube] HAVEN’T BEEN following the trails and tribulations of Congress’s attempt to revamp how American’s get health care? Well, now you can have it sung to you! Comedian Jimmy Kimmel introduces a new iPhone App that let’s President Obama sing a new tune on health care. “T-Pain” leads […]
Continue readingHawking Drugs (and Cereal) on TV EVER WATCH Dr. Sally Fields — an expert on osteoporosis — tell you on TV how important Boniva is for making your bones strong? I mean, if you’re over 50 and not taking Boniva, watch out! “She’s not a medical doctor”, you say. Then why is she pitching us […]
Continue readingWomen’s Teeter-Tottering Pain (2 Videos, 1 kinda funny) “Do I really want to blog about silly shoes?”, I mused as I read an article about how women abuse themselves with high-heeled footwear. Well, yes, actually I do, because all my adult life I’ve had a running commentary aimed at friends of both genders about the […]
Continue readingSounds Like Utopia, But At What Price? IN RESEARCHING material for his new documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story, filmmaker Michael Moore dug up some long forgotten film footage of president Franklin Roosevelt presenting what Roosevelt called a Second Bill of Rights during his State of the Union Address on January 11, 1944. To the various […]
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