Words to Ponder
We have to ask ourselves whether medicine is to remain a humanitarian and respected profession or a new but depersonalized science in the service of prolonging life rather than diminishing human suffering.
-Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance. -Eric Hoffer
When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow. -Anaïs Nin
Obesity Tsunami
More than half a billion people, or one in 10 adults worldwide, are obese -- more than double the number in 1980. Obesity-related diseases account for nearly 10 percent of U.S. medical spending or an estimated $147 billion a year.
Except for smoking, obesity is now the number one preventable cause of death in this country. Three hundred thousand people die of obesity every year.
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Monthly Archives: April 2007
Vacation Time
Elaine’s Place is closed for vacation. Will be back in May
Posted in Musings
10 Comments
Quick Update
Remember that cracked tooth and subsequent crown that happened a couple of weeks ago? I went for the permanent crown last week and since there were several indicators there was nerve damage the dentist put the crown on with temporary … Continue reading
Posted in Musings
4 Comments
Clipmarks
If you notice the post below (Stem cell) it was clipped and I added it to my blog directly from the page I was reading. If you haven’t discovered clipmarks check it out. It works in Firefox and IE browsers. This … Continue reading
Posted in Computers and Internet
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More on Stem Cell Research
clipped from www.healthday.com Ignoring President George W. Bush’s threat of a veto, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to ease restrictions on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, the Associated Press reported.The bill would provide federal funding … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
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Email Alerts
There was a comment yesterday about adding an update alert. Acting upon that suggestion I added subscribe by email on the side bar. Just type in your email address and follow the prompt. You will only receive email when I … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging
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Wednesday Woes
Well I am back in Michigan and the surprise party for my Dad was a great success! Talk about pulling off a surprise we sure did. He told me later as he was walking towards the table where we were … Continue reading
Posted in Musings
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Leaving Today
Yesterday was airport day again to pick up hubby. Sheesh I do that drive so often wish I could put my car in automatic pilot mode. The weather here is still crappy. One minute driving through snow squalls and then … Continue reading
Posted in Musings
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Winter be gone!
Can you believe another winter storm for parts of the country! This is getting ridiculous. Snow flurries on and off all day, temps at around 30 with wind-chill 18°! We’ve been under a high wind advisory since last night and the … Continue reading
Posted in Weather
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Worst cities for allergies
Today Forbes put out their Top 100 worst cities for spring allergies 2007. Of course due to the mild winter all the reports are saying it will make the allergy season a rough one. If you want to see all … Continue reading
Posted in Health and wellness
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Be Green and Healthy
Two topics that we all care about (well most of us anyway). Protecting our health and the environment. There was a study released by Harvard Health Publications with a few tips we can follow to do both. Now obviously these … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
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