In places like the United Kingdom, they have an expression known as ‘man flu’. They use it to refer to men who seem to suffer more from viral infections like the flu, than women do. Here in the states, I’ve heard ladies refer to men as little babies, whiners and worse because they appear or
Many of us older folks have joint and back aches and pains and many will swear that they get worse with certain weather conditions. Yet, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at the Harvard Medical School, they say there is no correlation between increased joint and back pain and the weather. However, after
There is no doubt that winter is here. At the time of this writing, it is 23 degrees outside at my house with a wind chill ranging from 14 to 18 degrees. We had a dusting of snow this morning and since I spent most of my life in the Arizona desert, this is cold.
How much do most of us really know about gender confusion, also known as gender dysphoria, transgenderism? Where did you hear it from? Chances are, most of what you know has come from the liberal alt-left (media, entertainment, activist groups and the Internet), but is what they’ve been feeding us the truth? Laurie Higgins, Cultural
In the 1970s when my wife and I got married, birth control pills were very popular. Back then, they contained much higher doses of hormones than they do now. They mainly prevented a fertilized egg from embedding into the wall of the uterus thus forcing it to be flushed out of the body. We didn’t
When I was a teenager living in central Arizona, many of my classmates worked in the miles of fields during the summers, on weekends and even evenings. They harvested watermelons, cantaloupes and other summer crops. A few worked in the cotton fields, picking cotton for farmers that couldn’t afford the expensive machinery. It was hard
One of the things about the Affordable Care Act that never made sense to me was why it raised the age of children covered under their parent’s policy, from 21 to 26. The entire success of Obamacare working was built upon the premise that millions of young healthy adults would enroll in healthcare plans. Since
In our younger days, we tended to make fun of older people who suffered from various forms of dementia. As we got older and matured, that mockery turned to sympathy as we realized what it does to their loved ones. As we approach our senior years, the sympathy turns to fear as we fear, hope
Suicide is a topic that few people are willing to talk about, especially parents with their kids. Most parents will tell you that there is no way any of their kids would ever think of suicide and many of them are so very wrong. I planned my own suicide when I was 19. I’ve always
Flu season is upon us and I saw on the national news there have already been 7,040 cases of influenza reported this November compared to only 3,454 cases in November 2016. with large outbreaks that have already been reported in four states – Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts and Oklahoma. The strain being detected so far is
