There is a story in Gilda Radner’s book, It’s Always Something, about her housekeeper’s cousin’s dog. The dog was pregnant and playing in the yard when it was struck by the lawnmower, and both back legs were cut off. They rushed it to the vet and were told that it could be put to sleep…
Many of you will remember (but most may not) the television show called The A-Team. Mr. T was the tough guy in that series that most people will remember. Basically, there were four guys, all ex-special forces soldiers, on the run from the military for a crime they did not commit, that engaged in dangerous…
Would it bother you if I was recommending products that I do not use myself? Would it be upsetting to find out that I sell products and devices in my office that are not the best that I could find, but bring me the most profit? Would you lose all faith in me if you…
Phineas Gage was a railroad worker who, at age 25, in the year 1848, had a metal rod shoot through his skull in an explosion accident. This rod went through his cheek, behind his eye socket, and out the top of his skull. He not only lived, but showed no physical problems other than being…
As I drove through the city, making turn after turn, working my way to my destination, I had a thought, a thought that I have quite often… how in the world would I have gotten here without GPS? All I had to do is punch in the address, hit a button, and viola… a map…
We are all striving to be more successful. We usually are working on one area of our life or another at any given time. In our quest to succeed, we seek out information that helps us get what we want or where we would like to be. We listen to friends, read magazines, go to…
In the mid-1800s, women in maternity wards were dying at a high rate of puerperal fever, also known as childbed fever. A physician named Ignaz Semmelweis, while working at a hospital in Vienna, Austria, noticed that women in the maternity ward staffed by male physicians died at a rate three times that of the ward…
It’s often the first steps that are the most difficult when taking on big challenges. Have you ever stood before a closet that needed cleaning, but were not sure where to even begin? Or a messy garage? We can let that feeling of being overwhelmed paralyze us. The solution is to do something. There may…
If there is one thing humans are great at, it’s procrastination. We consistently put off until tomorrow what we should be doing today. I don’t believe it’s because we are lazy. I believe our minds work in a way that we justify not doing things until they really, really need to be done. Obviously, some…
Are doctors gods? Obviously not! My grandparents were among those who took what doctors said as gospel. Those days are long gone. The faith and trust in the main stream medical establishment is eroding rapidly. With the difficulty and time that it takes to see a doctor, the outrageous cost of medicine and medical procedures,…