I'm sure it comes as no surprise to the majority of my readers when I say that health problems escalate as we grow older. Not only do the problems we already have become worse, new problems develop.
Diseases like diabetes and arthritis either appear or become harder to deal with. Broken bones take longer to heal. Minor ailments like colds... Read more
I had to get up this morning at 2 AM to let my cats out. They have a perfectly good litter box, but would much rather use the great outdoors as a bathroom.
I live in northern Canada. The temperature early this morning was close to twenty degrees below zero, too cold to leave my pets outside for four or five hours. I waited up. They must... Read more
Caffeine is a drug. Coffee contains caffeine, and about 90% of Americans drink coffee, many of them in amounts that pour more than 300 milligrams of caffeine into their systems every day. Caffeine is a mild stimulant. It makes you more alert by fending off sleep. It's the most widely used drug in the world, and in contained in many foods and also... Read more
Picture the human body as a big clock, or perhaps a conglomerate of clocks, all ticking in unison. All forms of life respond to the cycles of the sun, the moon and the changing seasons.
This is called the biological clock, or, to use a more scientific term, the circadian rhythm. The word "circadian" comes from the phrase "circa diem", which... Read more
Italian astrologers called the seasonal misery we are familiar with "influenza" because they blamed it, as they did all misfortune, on the influence and placement of the heavenly bodies. However, we now know it's caused by a virus and is highly contagious.
According to Health Canada, 500-1000 deaths occur in Canada each year due to... Read more
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