Grandparents are awesome people. However I myself, can only speak towards Grandmothers, as I never had a Grandfather that I was able to meet. I often think of what it would have been like to have a Grandpa in my life when I was a child.Grandmothers are known by so...
In a world steeped with crises of different kinds, and with more and more persons taking drastic measures to deal with their everyday difficulties, it isn’t too much to ask that we lend a helping hand to those around us. Psychological articles report that suicide rates are going up and persons are...
The term Fat Farm seems a crude way of describing an establishment involved in weight loss. Ironically enough the title came from those that have weight problems themselves. As far back as 50 years ago, places like fat camps, fat farms and boot camps for weight loss were extremely popular....
Researchers from Scripps Institute and La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology came up with the same conclusion after conducting two separate studies. This was that by altering a specific immune system molecule the rat was able to successfully fight Hepatitis C. If these finding can be reiterated in humans...
Many of us Baby Boomers may have gone through our lives without even hearing about histrionic personality disorder. The reason is that it not easily identifiable and even when recognized may just be seen as a personality trait, (i.e., a drama queen) rather than a disorder. There is, however, a...
Hopefully, everybody gets older. As you lurch into your twilight years and notice your ankles are swollen, your joints hurt and you can pinch more than an inch from your waist, the choice is either to face up to the problems you will be experiencing as an aging baby boomer or lie...
We all know that walking is the best exercise. How many of us actually do it on a regular basis? Well that’s another story. There’s every good reason to do it, but in many cases, we find excuses; its either too hot or too cold outside and so we say...
Part of the joy and excitement of Christmas is shopping for all those neat toys that are on the Christmas list. Parents, family and friends get almost as much fun out of watching the faces of children as the children do opening their presents.However a word of caution; never take...
Many aging boomers, especially the baby boomer women, have been noted as saying that they feel as if they are slowly becoming invisible and fading into life’s background. That is a huge economic mistake as baby boomer women should not be ignored! We are too huge a force and part of the baby...
As baby boomers get older, they find they must deal with all kinds of emotional roller coasters. The pitches and rolls that take place in later life can cause the emotions to go into freefall, producing mood swings reminiscent of the tantrums and depressions experienced in adolescence. These moods can...
