I stood at my gate yesterday, ready to board the plane as soon as they finished up with the earlier boarding group, which included with ‘those requiring assistance’ and those with small children under two. For my flight, there happened to be three people in wheelchairs, two elderly and one with an injury. Fair enough; […]
Read More ›A reader recently sent me a link to an interesting article in the Huffington Post which discussed whether eating healthy food truly is more expensive than eating at fast food restaurants. “The government says it all depends on how you measure the price. If you compare the price per calorie – as some previous researchers […]
Read More ›I had a chat to the woman who I see every week at the grocery store, bagging food at the cash register. We always share a friendly smile, but we’ve never really had a conversation. Until today. Not sure why, but that’s not important. In less than ten minutes I learned that she […]
Read More ›Today in the Times, there was a feature about the long term consequences of ‘bone-building’ drugs. Apparently, long term use can lead to ‘rare but serious events such as femur fracture, esophageal cancer and crumbling of the jaw bone’. The article goes on to discuss when these meds are prescribed and to whom, and so […]
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