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Tag Archives: Health
The war on cancer: New treatments lock-out most of us
Death has many doorways, none of them particularly pleasant, but some downright gruesome, cancer for instance. My father died from lung cancer at age 79. That’s a generous portion of life, when you consider the mean is several years less. … Continue reading
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Tagged cancer, chemotherapy, Health, immunotherapy, Jimmy Carter, keytruda, medical trials, radiation
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Why I Relish Going to the Gym
For many of us, throwing off the blankets and crawling out of bed on cold winter mornings to go to the gym seems pretty dumb. I felt that way too until my pre-diabetic diagnosis several years ago which meant that … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Lifestyle, Reflections
Tagged diabetes, exercise, fitness, gym, Health, pre-diabetes, workouts
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Being Mortal
I’ve just finished reading Being Mortal: What Matters in the End by Dr. Atul Gawande. I had read his previous Complications about life as a surgeon several years ago, greatly impressed. Both books have been highly praised, with the present … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged Atul Gawande, Being Mortal, books, death, doctors, Health, medicine, mortality, Tolstoy, writing
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A Court decision with deadly consequences
We should all be concerned about Thursday’s 2-1 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd District that the FDA needn’t consider the banning of antibiotics in healthy food producing animals. Given the growing menace of antibiotic resistant … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Reflections
Tagged animal prduction, antibiotic resistance, antibiotics, factory farming, Health, medicine
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Memory: Something to be Cherished
Do you ever get something tossing around in your head that seemingly you can’t get rid of no matter how you try? I get that way when I listen to music, for example, the lyrics wearing down my synapses like … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Psychology, Reflections
Tagged Alzheimer, Alzheimer's disease, Carl Jung, Conditions and Diseases, Dementia, Health, Memory, Ulysses
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Unlearning our anger
I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe. I told it not, my wrath did grow. And I watered it in fears, Night and morning with my tears; … Continue reading
Posted in Psychology, Reflections
Tagged Anger, Anger Management, Health, Men, mental-health, Merle Shain, People, Relationships
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The Fountain of Youth: We are all Ponce de Leon
As a 12-year old Florida school boy, I was introduced early to the 16th century Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon, whom legend says came to Florida in quest of the Fountain of Youth. Drink or bathe in its waters and … Continue reading
Confessions of a reluctant vegan
I never thought I’d give-up meat. Up to my mid fifties, I ate meat at virtually every meal, starting out with bacon and eggs in the morning; baloney sandwiches or a Big Mac for lunch; chicken or hamburger paddy at … Continue reading
Posted in Lifestyle, Reflections
Tagged Food, Health, Junk food, KFC, Lifestyle Choices, Michael Pollan, Veganism, Vegetarianism
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The Smile that Hides the Soul
I have a number of books that supposedly clue you into discerning the personalities of people based on their physical gestures, things like hands on hips, the turned up corners of the mouth, the wrinkling of the forehead or lifting … Continue reading
Posted in People, Psychology, Reflections
Tagged Body language, Deer, Dickinson, Emily Dickinson, Health, Nature (journal), Poetry, Social Sciences
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Finding serenity
I mentioned in a recent post how I’ve been reading Natame Soseki’s The Gate. I’m nearing the end now and just came upon the protagonist, Sosuke, ruminating that “he must find a way to attain serenity in life, given his many … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Lifestyle, Psychology, Reflections
Tagged Alcoholics Anonymous, Elizabeth Somer, God, Health, Light-emitting diode, Serenity Prayer, Shopping, Thought
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