Are You A Lefty? As any mother would say, I have the best son. His father and I would have never expected that he would be left handed. His father was right handed and I am ambidextrous favoring my right hand. There had been many complaints to us concerning my son’s left handed abilities. For […]
HOPEFUL QUOTES “Cancer didn’t bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet.” ~Michael Douglas More than 10 million Americans are living with cancer, and they demonstrate the ever-increasing possiblity of living beyond cancer.” ~Sheryl Crow It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and […]
Eat That Tumor Away! We all know that there are just as many types of chemotherapy drugs as there are different types of cancers. Or at least it seems that way when the doctor states, “That chemo drug didn’t do what we expected so let’s try another one that is suppose to be good”. In other words, […]
A news release by McKesson Speciality Health to physicians just came out today, January 21,2013, concerning health care budget cuts for oncology practices. Their team stated that “Our innovative Practice Services team wants to make you aware that with the recent passing of the Biden-McConnell compromise by Congress that averted the fiscal cliff, there are […]
The World’s New Song Years ago Louie Armstrong gave the world a beautiful song called What A Wonderful World. A few decades later, a great Hawaiian singer called Izzie did a remarkable remake of Louie Armstrong’s song. If you have never heard them, please go to iTunes and listen to the free sample songs. It […]
Don’t Get Sucked In My smart southern father always said to us kids, “Just because they say so doesn’t mean it’s true. If everyone else is going to jump off the bridge, that doesn’t mean you should too.” In my teenage years, that was never the statement I wanted to hear, especially when I wanted to go to […]
We Are Dying Earlier Than Other Countries
January 18, 2013We Are Dying Earlier Than Other Countries Recently the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine released a new report titled “U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health”. The study was commissioned to find out why life expectancy in the United States is going downward compared to other countries who are […]
Walnuts And Infertility I have to admit, this subject I am writing about is truly not my expertise, but I felt it may be interesting for those of you trying to get pregnant. It has been found that the daily addition of 75 grams of shelled whole walnuts may have a positive effect on […]
The Happiest People In The World
January 17, 2013The Happiest People In The World My great friend and colleague, Hernan, sent me this video. He lives in the country that won the number one place for the happiest people in the world. I want to share the video with you. Maybe it’s true that we Americans are working too hard and not […]
Natural Treatments For Fibromyalgia
January 17, 2013Natural Treatments For Fibromyalgia I’m sure it is no fun to have chronic pain everyday from Fibromyalgia. I have spoken to several people who have expressed their pain, not only the pain within their body, but the pain of trying to get a doctor to help take the pain away. I have heard their frustrations […]
