There was once an elderly, despondent woman who lived in a nursing home. She wouldn’t speak to anyone, nor did she ever request anything. She merely existed – rocking in her creaky old rocking chair. The old woman didn’t have any visitors, however, every couple of mornings, a concerned and wise young nurse would come into her room. She didn’t …
Why do some parents seem to have such little regard for the safety of their kids? Last Saturday, after an early finish at work, I was up bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at 9:30 am. The sky was clear and the sun was shining, so a trip to ‘the hills’ was called for. We hooked the caravan (trailer) up, and headed off …
To me being beautiful is not a touch of facial makeup, wearing clothes to the taste of modern trends, or wearing high heels on a catwalk.
British Columbia – Surgery Wait Lists Vary Widely Two patients limp into two British Columbia hospitals, both requiring hip replacements. The first patient gets examined within the hour, x-rayed the same day and has surgery the following week. The second waits two weeks to see a family doctor, then eighteen more weeks to see an orthopedist, where x-rays are taken, …
Imagine that you are awoken by the sound of someone trying to break into your home. You are terrified, and realize that you are in very real danger. You know that you have no security system to protect you and summon help, so what do you do? Well, most people would only panic and call 911, which will summon help… eventually, …
When James Harrison, from Australia, first started giving blood about 56 years ago, he never thought he would end up saving the lives of over 2 million children. Harrison made a pledge to become a donor at the age of 14, after undergoing major chest surgery, in which he himself needed 13 litres of blood. “I was in the hospital …
Will’s Thought’s – I’m sorry for things that I have not done for senior citizens. I drove past the cemetery on a cold, gray blustery day, and saw an old woman kneeling beside a grave. As the wind whipped her scarf, her concentration never faltered, her gaze was fixed far beyond our world. For a brief second, empathy flooded my …
Will’s Thoughts – War On Drugs And Thugs Is A Limp Wristed Action In my opinion, Canada either needs to declare ‘war’ on illegal drugs, or give them to users as legal prescriptions. For decades we’ve heard about what is called a war on drugs, but really, all it has been is a limp wristed ‘military action’ on minor thugs. …
Easter Island is one of the most mysterious locations on Earth. The mysterious statues, the Moa, with their long staring eyes looking into the distance as if warding off invaders, or beseeching distant travelers to come closer, are still the center of archaeological debate. Now Easter Island’s a center of wonder again, because scientists have unearthed a new compound that …
We may one day soon be surrounded by people who are alive, but have no pulse. Heart disease is mankind’s biggest cause of death, but one doctor is out to change that dramatically. Dr. William Cohn developed the rhythmless heart, likening it to other inventions that don’t mimic nature perfectly. Much like fixed wing aircraft versus birds flapping their wings, …
Will’s Thoughts – The Health Care Crisis In Canada My son asked me why health care in Canada is in crisis. I told him, “Too many Chiefs, not enough Indians.” I explained that when universal health care began in Canada, it was looked after entirely at the federal level. Ottawa gave the money directly to doctors, hospitals and health care …
A California entrepreneur came up with a sparkling idea, Soda Pot (Canna Cola), a line of medical marijuana soft drinks. Clay Butler, a resident of Soquel, and a commercial artist, says that he plans to supply medical marijuana dispensaries with his bubbley buzz which contains marijuana’s psychoactive ingredient THC, according to the Santa Cruz Sentinel newspaper. Marijuana drinks are currently …
