Category: Health and Well-Being

The Four Seasons

Whilst sitting in the living room enjoying my morning cup of tea I look out through the window and can see the tops of the Pyrenees layered in a white cloak of snow. A light mist hovers ever so lightly above the peaks stretching downwards to the valley — a sure sign Winter has arrived. [...]

Friday December 21st, 2007 in Health and Well-Being, Lifestyle, The Arts | No Comments »

Tased and Confused

Andrew Meyer, a University of Florida student, has been catapulted to Internet fame. He is now making cyberspace history as a result of his Gestapo-like arrest by the Florida police during a Q&A forum with Senator John Kerry. It started when the Senator agreed to answer a question from Meyer even though the Q & [...]

Wednesday September 19th, 2007 in Editor's Pick, Humanity, Psychology | No Comments »

What’s Normal Aging and What’s Not?

Do most aging adults lose their teeth and eventually have to use dentures? About half the adults age 65 and older in the United States have most of their natural teeth, and the number of adults with natural teeth continues to grow, thanks to fluoride in drinking water and toothpaste, advances in dental care, and [...]

Thursday July 12th, 2007 in Health and Well-Being | 2 Comments »

Chitty Chatty Men

Men plot, women talk . . . A new study is out claiming that men are just as chatty as women with women using only 3% more words each day than men, perhaps not in the same context, but nevertheless, it’s a close finish. The study was conducted by a team of researchers led by [...]

Sunday July 8th, 2007 in Editor's Pick, Psychology | No Comments »

Yoga Of Gardening

When I was in my thirty’s, if someone would have told me that they thought gardening was a cool thing for me to do, I would have laughed in their face and said in the arrogance of youth, “What, are you kidding me — gardening is for old people who are bored.” Now, twenty-odd years [...]

Monday May 28th, 2007 in Gardening, Health and Well-Being | No Comments »