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: March 2008
FDA investigating Singulair
I’ve been taking singulair for my asthma and allergies for the last 2 years. For me it’s been the best allergy medication I’ve taken. In those 2 years I’ve rarely used my inhaler and my allergies are well controlled. In … Continue reading
Leave the nipple rings at home
The Department of Homeland Security comes under fire for this one, and rightly so!! A Texas woman was forced to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane. Hamlin, 37, said she was trying to board … Continue reading
Cool Picture
Do you ever look at the slideshow of pictures at Reuters’? While reading a news article there today I took a minute to look at the weeks interesting pictures. Here’s a new one for me ~~ a blue frog! Seeing … Continue reading
Passenger bill of rights rejected
Seems we can forget about passenger bill of rights. A federal appeals court today struck down a state law requiring airlines to give food, water, clean toilets and fresh air to passengers stuck in delayed planes, saying the measure was … Continue reading
Posted in News, Politics, Rants and Rages
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More news on HRT
clipped from health.msn.com A new British study suggests that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may help protect postmenopausal women against memory loss and Alzheimer’s disease, BBC News reported. The London Institute of Psychiatry researchers found that a halt in the production … Continue reading
Out for the weekend
Once again I am heading to the airport to pick up hubby and from there we’re driving to Ohio for Easter Weekend. Our daughter and son-in-law are flying in from NC so the baby can meet her Great- Grandfather (my … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays
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5 years later
clipped from hosted.ap.org WASHINGTON (AP) — Five years after launching the invasion of Iraq, President Bush strongly signaled Wednesday that he won’t order troop withdrawals beyond those already planned because he refuses to “jeopardize the hard-fought gains” of the past … Continue reading
Posted in Iraq war, News, Politics
Tagged Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, President Bush
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Let’s Talk about Jeans
Finding the perfect pair (or brand) of jeans has to rank high on the frustration list of trying on clothes! And let’s face it ~~ jeans are a staple in most peoples wardrobe. One of my pet peeve about women’s … Continue reading
Posted in Shopping and Fashion
Tagged 7 for all mankind, citizens of humanity, Ed Hardy, jeans
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Boston bans trans fats
Boston has become the next US city to ban the use of trans fats in restaurants. The Boston ban would cover all restaurants, including school and hospital cafeterias, as well as fresh food prepared in groceries and delis. Any restaurant … Continue reading
Back to reality
Boy is it the pits leaving in a snowstorm returning a week later to still more snow! But back to the leaving part, we had a 6:00 AM flight which meant we had to be at the airport 2 hours … Continue reading
