According to the Gallop poll, the stark reality that nearly half the people currently reading this article, have been personally affected to some degree by substance abuse, is astounding. To... Read more

If you’ve never plunked down to peruse a Farmer’s Almanac, you haven’t lived. It wasn’t that long ago that rural Americans consulted this compact volume of folk wisdo... Read more

As a physics student in high school, I was surprised to learn that work is defined as the interplay between a force and a mass. In plainer terms, work is an expression of how much directed e... Read more

Is there a perfect toilet? Vince Lombardi, famous football coach and motivational speaker, said: “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.... Read more

In recent years a whopping 6,600 lawsuits have been filed against Johnson and Johnson and other pharmaceutical companies for allowing hundreds and perhaps thousands of women to contract ovar... Read more

Getting shingles was bad enough. The angry, itchy, blistering rash that covered the entire right side of my torso, from naval line to spine, made me cry with pain. The weight of the bedsheet... Read more

“Eat Your Vegetables!” It has been every mother’s lament for generations! While there are a few kids out there that will gobble up Brussels sprouts as if they were handfuls of popcorn, getti... Read more

Most people don’t go to the hospital thinking they’re likely to get sick.  But for years, about 10% of hospital patients acquired illnesses such as gastroenteritis, meningitis, pneumonia, ur... Read more

My life is built around routines, and most of them I do first thing in the morning. My dog always howls at least 15 minutes before the alarm goes off (no matter how early I set it to beat hi... Read more