This is a fast and easy dish, yet elegant enough to serve to guests. It is loaded with cancer-fighting vegetables.
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger Read the rest of this entry »
Oriental Vegetables
April 2nd, 2012
Doing business in a governmentlike way? Part 2
March 20th, 2012
* Pay attention to customers. “Duh!” you say. But only some businesses have ever systematically studied what their customers want, and many of those will cling to their original perception of what customers wanted, long after customers are wanting something new. Stay focused on the customer, not the program. Read the rest of this entry »
Doing business in a governmentlike way? Part 1
March 20th, 2012
Running your business in a governmentlike manner? That doesn’t seem to make much sense, does it? During the recent political campaigns we heard lots of calls for the inverse: as in “Let’s run our government like a business.” Read the rest of this entry »
Medical Acupuncture A Complement to Chemotherapy
March 20th, 2012
Cancer patients who have undergone chemotherapy often find the treatment’s side effects uncomfortable at best — and debilitating at worst. The agents in the anti-cancer drugs that kill the cancer cells can wreak other kinds of havoc as well, causing loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, difficulty sleeping, and fatigue and weakness. Read the rest of this entry »
Kidney Stones
March 12th, 2012
Kidney stones are just what they sound like — hard concretions that form in the hollow portion of the kidneys, most often from excess calcium. Read the rest of this entry »
Anger and Heart Attacks
March 5th, 2012
Clients who are prone to anger may have more than stress to worry about. A new study published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association has found that anger-prone individuals are nearly three times more likely to have a heart attack or sudden cardiac death than those who are least anger-prone. Read the rest of this entry »
Battle of the Imagined Bulge
March 1st, 2012
I was touched when my 10-year-old daughter started wearing my way-too-big sweatshirts to school. And I was surprised we could now pass a fast-food place without impassioned pleas to stop for fries before she starved to death. Read the rest of this entry »
US Govt. May Fund Embryonic Stem Cell Research. Part 2
February 24th, 2012
In recent polls, the majority of Catholics have expressed support for federal funding. But the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) has taken a staunch stand against embryonic stem cell research in general and federal funding for this type of research in particular. NCCB represents the Catholic hierarchy.
US Govt. May Fund Embryonic Stem Cell Research. Part 1
February 24th, 2012
Within the next few weeks, President Bush is expected to announce whether he will allow the use of federal funds to conduct medical research using stem cells from discarded embryos.
Stem cells are primitive cells found in embryos and some adult tissues that develop into the brain cells, liver cells, heart cells and other parts of the human body.
How Is Endometriosis Diagnosed
February 22nd, 2012
In the past, endometriosis has often been misdiagnosed because painful periods, a hallmark of endometriosis, are also common among women who don’t have the disease. But as endometriosis has become better known and understood in recent years, both doctors and patients are more aware of its symptoms. During a physical exam, a doctor may be able to feel nodules or cysts caused by endometriosis. Read the rest of this entry »