Category Archives: Health and wellness

Today, March 23, 2010, Health Care Reform legislation was signed into law. It really is health insurance reform. Health care reform will have to wait for another day. This does not diminish the great accomplishment made by Congress and the … Continue reading →

Harvard and Ohio University researchers published a study about the relation between bankruptcy filings and the cost of health care last year. The statistics are alarming. 62% of all bankruptcy filings were due to crushing health care debt. Even more … Continue reading →

Not long ago, The New York Times Magazine ran an article about reforms in the health care community. In particular, Intermountain Healthcare, based in Salt Lake City, was an example of internal changes that have improved the health of their … Continue reading →

I am continually amazed to hear about parents who will not immunize their children for the flu and, more specifically, the H1N1 flu. I hear this on the radio as parents call in and declare to a medical expert they … Continue reading →

There is another email hoax going around. What else is new? This one is potentially dangerous. It claims to be from Johns Hopkins and contends that diet and other methods are more effective in treating cancer than surgery, chemotherapy, and … Continue reading →

I recently saw an article on MSNBC.com (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30808963/from/ET/) about couples either kindling or rekindling their marriages. The assertion is that dull marriages can wreck a marriage. Couples need to do new and/or exciting things together to keep the flame going … Continue reading →

Ralph Milton writes books and a weekly religious listserv piece called, RUMORS. Below is his story of his experience in Canada (his residence) after a cardiac event. Rumors – I thought it was a bit of heartburn. I headed for … Continue reading →

I was intrigued by reading an article that said that, even though Israel has confirmed cases of Swine Flu, they don’t have Swine Flu. They have Mexican Flu. Swine is not kosher in Israel. Kosher or not, Swine Flu is … Continue reading →

How we do health care insurance in our country is an accident of history. For many years health care payments was on a pay-as-you go system. You saw your physician (or the physician saw you in those days) there would … Continue reading →