High blood pressure is often referred to as “The Silent Killer” and for good reason. Your blood pressure can be elevated (hypertension) and in most cases, there won’t be any outward signs of trouble. You can feel perfectly fine and you won’t look any different. It’s not like your face will turn beet red and [...]
I posted previously about living longer vs. living better and though most of us would like to live to a ripe old age, that desire comes with the stipulation that we also be in reasonably good health during those later years. I know I don’t want to be held prisoner within my own body just [...]
For someone that gets most of his fluid content from coffee and Diet Coke, drinking more water has become a priority. Finding ways to consume more water is a lot more challenging than I had initially thought. Even when I’ve had spring water provided for free at the workplace, I still would opt for the [...]
I just read on Yahoo! that Tim Russert died today while preparing this coming Sunday’s edition of “Meet The Press“.
Tim was 58.
I’m deeply saddened by this news as I’ve always enjoyed Tim’s commentary, though I don’t often watch “Meet The Press” on Sunday mornings. Sunday morning is my time to sleep in and then have [...]
I realize that the title of this post is somewhat provocative, but it’s a sincere question that I’ve had for a while. And it’s become even more nagging with each passing year. I should state from the outset, that I hate ingesting pills, tablets, and capsules of any kind. It’s not that I mind what [...]
The Republican candidate for president of the United States, John McCain, recently responded to the Democratic challenger Barak Obama’s comment that he was running for George Bush’s third term by stating that Obama was running for Jimmy Carter’s second term.
I actually thought that was a pretty clever comeback though it was clearly well-scripted.
Who knows, a [...]
I don’t recall exactly when I first gave any thought to living longer. Based on a lot of the dumb things I did while in high school and college, that must have been the furthest thing from my mind when I was young. In fact, I can recall the verse from The Who’s “My Generation” [...]