Some of you knew that Wendy has been quite sick with a violent cough. She got it from Oliver who coughed so hard he would throw up and get bloody noses from his coughing fits. While I escaped it, Wendy got the brunt of it and and on Friday night around 3:00 a.m. I went [...]
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What it takes to be an NFL player
Your body has to take a lot of punishment The players stick to typical fitness rules: get plenty of rest and eat healthy foods. When an NFL player is watching what he eats, staying disciplined can mean the difference between wins and losses. "Diet is A-No. 1," said James, who makes sure he has a [...]
The Ethics of Western Pharmaceutical Companies
By Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele in Vanity Fair Once upon a time, the drugs Americans took to treat chronic diseases, clear up infections, improve their state of mind, and enhance their sexual vitality were tested primarily either in the United States (the vast majority of cases) or in Europe. No longer. As [...]
Degeneration of the Central Nervous System
This is from the New York Times Two months ago, Boston University researchers found that some deceased athletes who had been found to have A.L.S. in fact had a different disease that, the doctors said, caused similar degeneration of the central nervous system. That discovery, bolstered by data that suggested that N.F.L. players had been [...]
Canadian Medicare Does Work
I have watched with bemusement seeing Republicans denouncing Canada’s socialist Medicare system and how it doesn’t work. While the system isn’t perfect, it does work. Since Saskatchewan is the birthplace of Medicare, I thought I would offer up some thoughts. The positives It’s free. I have had two shoulder surgeries over the the years. Resetting [...]
Staph Infections
There is a good article in Yahoo! Sports by Michael Silver about staph infections. After reading this article last year in L.A. Weekly about staph on Skid Row I have become much more worried about it at work. In 2005, staph infections hit at least 20 Los Angeles city firefighters, many of whom work on [...]
