Politics aside, I have some thoughts about Helen Blocker-Adams, recent mayoral candidate who abruptly suspended her Augusta mayoral campaign yesterday amid revelations of financial woes. I say “politics aside” because politics has no bearing on my opinion of her. So why am I writing this? For one thing, because she is a columnist for my newspaper, the Augusta Medical Examiner. …
Nurses Week reminder
Lest we forget, there are male nurses, too.
Nurses Week 2014
Today is Day One of Nurses Week 2014. Congratulations and thank you to nurses, the backbone of the entire healthcare system.
It’s another fresh new issue!
And it’s a doozie! (Or do you say doozy?) Looking for home-grown natural foods at markets, restaurants and farmstands? Kim Beavers (of WRDW’s “Eating Well with Kim” fame) dishes on all the best spots. And what about local/home-grown versus organic? She’ll fill you in there too. Also in this issue, a quite memorable Medicine in the First Person. We’ll call …
Ah…perfection!
Ah yes, the digital edition, always a perfect print job. In this sterling issue, The Money Doctor offers rock-solid money advice for everyman, not just the guy with $100,000 to invest. WORD FIND: Look for these words on the following pages: “GOT HEP C?” If you do, a cure has been found. Read all about it. The blog spot has …
Boston: one year later
The Boston Marathon one year ago today became the latest target of terrorism. It is one of the saddest tragedies of our times that people gathered in public places at public events have become common targets of deadly violence. How utterly despicable it is to randomly and indiscriminately maim and kill people — babies, grandmothers, children – anyone who just …
Why is it a distraction???
APRIL IS DISTRACTED DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH Why is talking on a cell phone distracting, but talking to in-car passengers or listening to music while driving isn’t? Odd, isn’t it? It is a statistical fact that drivers talking on cell phones make more driving errors than drivers talking to passengers. Among the most common cell phone errors: drivers drifting out of …
Do not adjust your screen
You wouldn’t want to do that, because what we have here is (not) a failure to communicate. Instead, this issue contains a ton — well, to get technical it’s only about eighteen hundred pounds — of useful information that will encourage you to be a healthier person and live weller longer. Haven’t you always wanted to live weller? Of course …
BREAKING NEWS
Video has surfaced of the very moment Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappeared.
Numbers are interesting.
Here is one minute’s worth of interesting numbers. Cut and paste this link (below) into your browser for an interesting look at the frequency of the events shown. Every time one of the items goes from grey to black, it’s happening. http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/frequency.png or https://xkcd.com/1331/