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Eloping With an Entourage Post 1

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How to create a perfect wedding vacation in a dreamy location with family and friends included. With some organizational skills, this popular trend of eloping with an entourage is the perfect way to say, ‘I do.’

Recently, I attended my sister’s wedding. Although it had many traditional touches, this wedding was far from average: It took place thousands of miles from home in Kihei, Maui, where sis and her fiance were married on an exquisite beach with 20 close well-wishers looking on. Such a perfect wedding wasn’t taxing on their well-being. Read the rest of this entry »

Soy Can Be Good For The Heart

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Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in this country. There are many factors that contribute to this alarming statistic.

A major risk factor is high total cholesterol, specifically elevated LDL-cholesterol and low HDL-cholesterol. The LDL-cholesterol called the “bad cholesterol” is responsible for the plaque formation and subsequent hardening of the coronary arteries. Conversely, the HDL-cholesterol referred to as the “good cholesterol” is responsible for clearing the fatty debris in the arteries. Read the rest of this entry »

Getting back to the basics. Part 2

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Indeed, throughout time, pundits and “experts” have always been eager to suggest that some new technology “thing” would replace something else. Consider, for example, television. When it came along, experts suggested this would kill the radio industry – after all, who would want to simply listen when they could watch? Read the rest of this entry »

Getting back to the basics. Part 1

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Soon after the horrific events of September 11, as people struggled to get back to work and return some sense of normalcy to their lives, the drumbeat of technology hype once again began in earnest.

Pundits declared that with a huge reduction in travel on the horizon for the foreseeable future, we would see massive growth in technology based methods of communication. Read the rest of this entry »

Vitamin D Deficiency in Heart Failure

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Among the many health issues people with advanced heart failure face is one that may go undetected but is often avoidable: vitamin D deficiency, which can cause osteoporosis. In a study in the September American Journal of Medicine, researchers looked at vitamin D levels and bone density in people with advanced heart failure who were potential heart transplant candidates. Read the rest of this entry »

A Seminar With Faroukh Master Part 2

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Stramonium and Tuberculinum had been prescribed unsuccessfully before. Then the following rubrics led to the simillimum:
Hard to inferiors and kind to superiors
Indifference, notices nothing
Interruption aggravates mental symptoms
Desire for ice
Desire for cold drinks Read the rest of this entry »