“I’m on hold,” is something all of us have said. With companies facing increasing demands but less profit, we’re being put on hold everywhere. Even on the computer-help chat rooms, I’m put “on hold” sometimes for 30 minutes– which isn’t so bad because while waiting I can play Solitaire and read the latest entertainment [...]

This entry was posted on Sunday, October 31st, 2010 at 8:55 am and is filed under Digestive System, Video. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

In the movie Beaches, Bette Midler was with Barbara Hershey to the end. Barb was lying on a chaise-lounge on the beach wearing an oxygen mask, because she was dying of congestive heart failure from cardiomyopathy (enlarged, weakened heart).
The audience heard Bette singing “Wind beneath My Wing,” and I’m sorry, but I cry [...]

This entry was posted on Sunday, October 31st, 2010 at 8:49 am and is filed under Cardiovascular, Video. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Wine plays a huge role in many cultures. I think tap water in France is wine (sans the fluoride). My first taste of wine was Manischewitz, and– Oy Vey!– I felt like Barbra Streisand singing off key. Needless to say, I didn’t drink wine again for a long time.
It wasn’t until I moved to Los [...]

This entry was posted on Sunday, October 31st, 2010 at 8:36 am and is filed under Cardiovascular, Food, Health & Wellness. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Oprah was sued by Texas cattle farmers in 1998 when she said she wouldn’t eat another hamburger. Really! Was it her comment that caused the cattlemen to lose $11 million in sales, or was it the mad cow disease scare sweeping the UK? Should all newly converted vegetarians be sued by the cattle industry because [...]

This entry was posted on Sunday, October 31st, 2010 at 8:14 am and is filed under Food, Infections. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Whooping in my day was as normal as apple pie. I’m not saying it was right or wrong. It just was. As adults, we still take whoopings– from life.
“You’re now responsible for seven extras duties on top of what you already have– without a bonus or pay increase. Mazel tov!”
“Your HVAC works as [...]

This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 at 4:43 pm and is filed under Infections, Pulmonary. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

“Car Wash!” You know who sang it? Rose Royce. Now talk about a bad pun! I used to wash and hand-wax my car and my parents’ cars when I was a teenager. Ugh, did I hate doing it! I think that’s why I now infrequently have my car cleaned.
However, I always throw away my [...]

This entry was posted on Sunday, October 10th, 2010 at 8:15 am and is filed under Infections. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

“Na-uh! I don’t believe you.”
How many times have people questioned facts? This is an especially common phenomenon in this age of Internet information and misinformation. Mistrust. Misunderstanding. Miserable.
People used to think the world was flat and Christopher Columbus was an idiot to sail off the edge of the world. Instead he brought syphilis to [...]

This entry was posted on Sunday, October 3rd, 2010 at 10:57 am and is filed under Patient Behavior, author's viewpoint. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.