Archive for the ‘Diseases’ Category

• Know when to shut up

  Saturday, September 26th, 2009

  The recent passing of Patrick Swayze from pancreatic cancer after a year and a half valiant fight, has left the world mourning. Swayze was beautiful inside and out. He had a way of reaching the soul of those that watched him. Bringing things into the story he was telling to make you feel [...]

• H1N1 flu is going strong

  Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

  Classes have or are just starting in schools across the country and the worse thing to dread is not that hard grading professor or the bully in the hallway. The H1N1 virus is lurking in the dorms and classroom to infect unsuspecting students and faculty.
   
  We all saw the concern that world [...]

• Fame comes with tragic price tag

  Monday, June 29th, 2009

  When I heard that Michael Jackson had died I had a strong visceral reaction. I could not breathe for a few seconds and my mind‘s surge protector went into overload. I could not think a lucid thought. I hurried to write a tribute to an artist who’s music I loved and admired. [...]

• What Next

  Sunday, June 28th, 2009

  I wish someone would just build me a very large plastic bubble so I can stay safe from all the harmful things we are told to avoid. I am a lover of dogs. Dogs are to me the best friend you can have. They love you in good times and bad. All [...]

• Swine Flu: Possible Pandemic

  Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

  The world is in the throes of a possible pandemic called the Swine Flu. Pictures and reports coming out of Mexico, where the largest number of cases has been reported and where they are the most severe, are a flash back to fiction movies of the past coming to hunt us.
   
  Mexico [...]