Recent Posts Tagged With 'health'

• New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 06:00 in health, Cancer, mammography, us preventive services task force

  Image via Wikipedia A government panel, the US Preventive Services Task Force, has released new guidelines for breast cancer screening.  Previously, it was recommended that women receive annual mammograms beginning at age 40.  The task forc...

• Swine Flu Vaccine

  Posted on Tuesday October 27th, 2009 at 06:44 in health, vaccine, center for disease control, swine influenza

  Let's see if I have this straight. The Center for Disease Control, Kathleen Sebelius, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the White House, and the media have whipped the citizens into a frenzy and have increased the demand for the swine flu ...

• Flu Shot?

  Posted on Tuesday October 20th, 2009 at 06:00 in health, washington redskins, dystonia, neurological disorders, influenza vaccine, conditions and diseases

  I rarely get a flu shot.  About the only time that I have ever gotten a flu shot was when I went to the doctor for something else and he suggested I get one.It is just not something I ever really think about, and I rarely (knock wood) get sick.&...

• Unintended Consequences

  Posted on Friday September 11th, 2009 at 07:00 in health, tax, tobacco, cigarette

  Image via WikipediaSometimes I wonder if politicians operate in a vacuum.  They pass legislation with one particular goal in mind with little to no regard of the potential consequences of what that legislation brings. Let's take, for instance, ...

• Damn I Feel Old

  Posted on Monday August 31st, 2009 at 19:22 in health, exercise

  Image via WikipediaI used to be quite active. I played high school football, however, unlike Al Bundy I never scored four touchdowns in a single game. Even after high school, I stayed pretty active playing softball and doing a lot of weight trainin...

• Economics 101 & Democrats

  Posted on Friday August 7th, 2009 at 06:00 in health, economic, state children's health insurance program, house and senate, national center for policy analysis

  Image via WikipediaI think I figured out why the Democrats do not like the free market. They do not understand it, and they do not have an understanding of basic economics.Earlier this year, the House and Senate, passed a bill to expand the State Ch...