Collecting My Thoughts

I was about 50 when I began to notice it. More and more I was hearing people (my age and older) comment about their memory, recall, and old ...

We’re heading into the darkest days of winter - it’s important to do self care, even if that’s just getting one thing done in a day. DEPRESS...

 A Lakeside friend, Susan Hanselman, posted this on Facebook.  Generally, I like my advice to have a source, but some of these are worth che...

Dr. Ken Hansraj, spinal surgeon  1. Maintain good posture the entire time. Proper digestion only occurs when we are sitting up straight. Goo...

When the cardio rehab from Ohio Health called to discuss Bob's diet, I had to be on the phone since I buy, plan the menus and prepare th...

A physician speaks out about quarantining the healthy. The destruction of the first amendment freedoms while keeping marijuana shops and abo...

It's been 2 weeks since our son Phil died, and I may write more of my reflections (and advice to others) at my blog when they come to me...

Let me add one more health measure I haven't seen mentioned. Your fingernails. Trim them shorter than usual. Fake nails are factories of...

This week I was down for 4 days with vertigo. People call it being dizzy, but it's worse than that for me--I can hardly tell the ceiling...

I wrote about homocysteine in February at this blog. Today I noticed this after seeing Dr. Bret Scher on a Prager U video. https://lowcarb...

Today I attended a program on protein at the wellness center at Lakeside and wasn’t satisfied with what I heard.  Most of her references wer...

Dr. Kelly Dillon of Wittenberg University (Springfield, OH)  was our speaker at Lakeside Monday and Tuesday on children and guns, cyberbully...

The daytime lectures this week feature Kelly Dillion of Wittenburg University speaking on “Kids, Guns & the Media,” and “Media Literacy ...

Not everyone reads full page magazine ads for products new to her. I do, especially if my friend Sonja just told me how many tart cherries m...

Have you ever seen this statement--"Americans have a shorter life expectancy compared with residents of almost all other high-income co...

Today I ordered a small bottle of propolis. . . bee glue.  On Feb. 28, which was “Rare Disease Day” I found a podcast about rare diseases wh...

AMA's 10 resolutions for the New Year. I'll need another list. Already have done all of these. Know your risk for type 2 diabet...

“The experts call physical activity the “best buy” in public health. And the guidelines are based on evidence from thousands of studies . Ba...

Remember when I was blogging about the wonderful benefits of dark chocolate, for brain and body, including weight loss? Check back here , an...

When I was growing up, there were always several pounds of lard in the house. Mom cooked everything in it. Plus she was the most fabulous p...