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Archive for February, 2008

Is your health club working for you?

I was hoodwinked into joining a health club. I was of the mindset  “Who needs a Health Club!”. After all, I live in California so weather is not an issue in order to exercise outdoors; in fact most days are sunny or at least warm enough to do outside stuff for free! Then […]

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Healthy and Simple Joke of the Day

Nurse: Doctor, there is an invisible man in your waiting room.
Doctor: Tell him I can’t see him now.

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

The Bias Against Being Big

We’ve come a long way as a society in the last 50 years. The civil rights movement has helped create a lot of changes, and while we still have a long way to go, we are at least heading in the right direction. Unless, of course, you are fat, in which case, fuhgeddabadit!
Bias against fat […]

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Healthy and Simple Joke of the Day

Patient: Doctor, if I give up wine, women, and smoking, will I live longer?
Doctor: Not really. It will just seem longer.

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Healthy and Simple Joke of the Day

Patient: Doctor, should I file my nails?
Doctor: No, throw them away like everybody else.

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Healthy and Simple Joke of the Day

Patient: Doctor, every time I sneeze, I have an orgasm.
Doctor: Really! What are you taking for it?
Patient: Black pepper!

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Lasting Well-Being

Remember when you were a kid and you had a really good ice cream bar and you wanted to make it last as long as you could? I do! My technique was to take slow licks or small bites and savor each taste then continue until it was all gone. This technique […]

Monday, February 18th, 2008

Healthy and Simple Joke of the Day

Patient: Doctor, I think I need glasses.
Teller: You certainly do. This is a bank.

Monday, February 18th, 2008

Who Puts Bacteria in a Drip-Feed? and other stuff

You may have seen the headlines. Screaming big ones. Scary ones. Probiotics can be deadly for people with acute pancreatitis. But this is one study that when you read more about it your reaction is not “wow” but “huh?”
Here’s the basic scoop. Researchers at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands followed almost 300 patients […]

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Take a Deep Breath - Go On, it Will Do You Good

I felt his breath warm and tingling, next to my ear. So close was he to me that I could feel his chest as it rose and fell, at first easy and languid, quickly becoming more excited, faster and deeper. It took my breath away, I didn’t know what to do, I pulled away, but […]

Thursday, February 14th, 2008