Category Archives: Health
Factors that affect the severity of the flu season!
Every year the flu that was doing its thing in the southern hemisphere moves up north. In North America, the first coughs and fevers generally begin to appear in October reaching a peak in January. Warming weather then sees this … Continue reading
The Flu and what it can do to you!
Catching the flu happens to quite a few people every year, especially during the height of the flu season during the months of January and February. It has been estimated that as few as 5% and as many as 20% … Continue reading
The day the super flu strikes.
With most of the national attention focused on job creation and the economy these days, it’s easy to see why not much press is being devoted to other issues. Among these would be the potential effects resulting from a virulent … Continue reading
Understanding and avoiding the flu for 2011-12!
‘Know your enemy’, a saying derived from Sun Tzu’s The art of War, aptly describes what could be described as a war between infectious viruses and men. In the case of the virus that causes the flu, what you don’t … Continue reading
Just how long do we have left anyway?
150 Million BC – I am a Tyrannosaurus Rex. A dinosaur roaming the earth, doing as I please. Confident that I am the top dog and will continue to be the big kahuna over all I see! Hell, I’ve lasted … Continue reading
MRSA: A growing environmental threat?
By this point in time, most everyone has heard of the term MRSA. It stands for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a common bacterium bacterium that went rouge after it acquired resistance from the over-use of antibiotics. A bug that was known … Continue reading
Colon Flow a true blow? Yeah! You bet your ass it is!
OK, by now you (my dear readers) may have gotten it through your noggins that anything you see on TV with the word ‘colon’ in the title may not be on the up and up. (Actually, anything you see on … Continue reading
The ubiquitous steak and eggs meal!
Actually, I should have said egg as I used only one in this preparation. I also had a friend who bet me I couldn’t find a way to use the word ubiquitous in a blog. But, overall this is the kind … Continue reading
One type of business I would like to see more of in the Taney County area would be bike shops like Downhill Bikes located at 116 Flynn Road, Branson, Mo 65616. This shop, owned and operated by Craig Erickson, has … Continue reading
What difference could losing thirty eight pounds make?
At some point this late spring, I got it in my head to lose some unneeded poundage. At my ripe old age, these bones just don’t need the added stress. I checked a weight table to find out what I … Continue reading