Category Archives: Health
Smoking Cessation One Year Into A Lifetime Of No Smoking
Yesterday was a milestone for me. A whole year without smoking anything whatsoever. On that day last year I never thought I would be this far along a year later. I was only trying to see how long I could … Continue reading
Research Links Fast/Junk Foods To Alzheimer’s
As we get older it seems that health related issues are more common. One way of helping your body cope is to eat a diet of the right foods. Momma always told us to eat our veggies and not eat … Continue reading
Feeling Miserable With Sinus Infection
I can tell I no longer have the constitution I once did with me catching viruses and not getting over them as I once did. I am miserable now with a sinus infection that has its grips on me. I … Continue reading
Cooler Weather And New Footwear
Its cooling off here in the south and time for me to quit going barefoot so much. Actually me being a diabetic I have read I should never go bare footed but that goes against the grain for me. During … Continue reading
Nine Months And Still Smoke Free
Yesterday was the 9th of October and the 9 month anniversary of me quitting smoking. I do not know if any of you are still wrestling with tobacco or not but I know that even now 8 months later I … Continue reading
Beef Exporters Can’t Test for Mad Cow Disease
In a ruling last week a federal appeals court has ruled that Beef exporters are banned from testing their cattle for mad cow disease without the approval from the USDA (United States Agriculture Department). Creekstone Farms Premium Beef wanted to … Continue reading
Medicare Fraud Is Still Rampant
A recent study by the Government Accountability Office indicates that roughly one billion of the ten billion annual budget may be paid to fraudulent businesses. The GAO set up two fictitious companies with sketchy information and false documents to see … Continue reading
Court Rejects Bush’s Signature Air Pollution Rule
The Bush administration has not had a very good track record of protecting the enviroment but in a rare moment they were sided by environmental groups when a component of President Bush’s clean air policies was challenged in court by … Continue reading
Medicare Part “B” Aid Program Will End
Across the country low income senior citizens and disabled people will lose help paying their Medicare part B premiums next Monday because the federal money that funded the program has dried up. The House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted for the … Continue reading
Smoking Cessation, Six Months Into A Life Free Of Smoke
Today is a milestone in my life. It has been six months since I smoked a cigarette. Everyday that goes by is a record for not smoking also as I am not doing like I have in the past and … Continue reading