0 Competitive training

…Writing in the NYT (Feb 7, 2008), Abby Ellin talks about people who get “personal training” in groups. Isn’t that called a class? …This is ...

0 That's hot

…Aleta Watson, writing in the San Jose Mercury News, extols the delights of hot cereal. HA recently bought some of that candy-like sweetened...

0 New status symbol--food

…Have you seen those prices lately? Ten bucks for chicken! Four bucks for milk! …Eeek, HA truly is living on KD—Kraft Dinner, the writer’s s...

0 In the dark

…According to Rick Weiss, Washington Post, Feb 20, 2008, women who live in neighborhoods with lots of street lights are more likely to get b...

0 Cats appear better at saving your life

…A study at the Univ of Minnesota, conducted by executive director of the Minnesota Stroke Initiative, Adnan Quereshi, MD, suggests owning a...

0 Sperm really counts

…Karen Springen, writing in Newsweek (Feb 25, 2008), says with the high cost of fertility treatments, increasingly, male infertility is beco...

0 Ultra-great medical care--for the rich only?

UltraCare Urgent Care opened in HA's town—the ritzy part, Scottsdale. Or, as some most unkindly refer to it--Snotsdale. …This urgent car...

0 Fingers of fate

…According to Rita Rubin, USA Today, scientists—yes, with degrees and everything—are looking at the relative length of our index and ring fi...

0 How about a dish of well-being, with a side of...

…Writing in the LA Times (Feb 17, 2008), Jennifer Steinhauer says those trendy LA beaneries are now emphasizing immunity-enhancing foods. Th...

0 Is your pet a behemoth?

…HA has a 26-lb cat. She got him from the pound. Per instructions, she put him on a “diet.” But first, since cat foods don’t list carbs and ...

0 Dance dance reduce

…Does the active video game Dance Dance Revolution sound faintly Japanese to you? It does to HA. …Anyhow, according to the American Council ...

0 When it comes to genetic testing, think

…Ever avoid asking the question if you don’t want to hear the answer? That adage sort of applies to genetic testing as it advances in the he...

0 Heart month

…Freedom News Service had a column the other day about a low-grade protest against Valentine's Day…you know, rumblings. …Why do women ha...

0 Skinny brain?

…The latest buzz among the Hollywood crowd is a diet book called Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman and Kim Bernouin. …Acording to Julie Klausner...

0 What's new in jumping around

…The American Council on Fitness (www.ace.org) has come out with their 2008 Trends report. …First, we will be doing more offbeat workouts, l...

0 Kissably whatever

…HA is getting pretty free with the lip moisturizers, rubbing them on her crows feet and so on. OK, she gets bored and stuff happens. …Howev...

0 P B and woo-hoo!.

…J.M. Hirsch of the AP is all about the peanut butter. Remember when the choice was smooth or chunky? It’s so much more now. …Crunchy can be...

0 Laugh a day keeps docs at bay

…A reader received this advice from Gold’s Gym. The info is from Mayo. …Laughter stimulates your organs, bringing in more exygen and increas...

0 Please don't go to sleep forever

…Susan Brink, writing in the LA Times (Feb 4, 2008), says Heath Ledger’s tragic death has brought up the subject of keeping sleeping pills t...

0 Baby in a wreck?

…HA sometimes sees people zipping along on a bicycle with a baby strapped in a seat on the back. It makes her a little queasy. (She should t...

0 Bad dog! Good database?

…Virginia has instituted a registry of vicious dogs similar to the Sex Offenders Registry, according to an article by Tamara Warta in Govern...