April 2011

STAY HEALTHY! By J. Manuel Cordova, M. D.t mdjmcordova1204@yahoo.com www.mdjmcordova.com   Peripherical Vascular Disease  “The Phantom   Killer”Part II In the previous article, I said: there are some risk factors around this disorder, Smoking is the greatest risk factor for developing Peripheral artery disease PAD. A half a pack a day habit can increase the risk […]

Anyone Can Train Their Dog By Art Hess   Obesity is the leading nutritional disease across America and affects far too many of our pets. If your pet is over-weight, he runs the risk of suffering from several serious health problems including heart disease, kidney failure, and diabetes which lead to a poor quality of

Welcome to MEXICO By Victoria Schmidt El Diablo—The Clock from Hell While moving to Mexico, I packed our alarm clock. The thought of the necessity of an alarm clock in our Mexico paradise seemed incongruous. Yet it is used now more than ever. Recently, that trusty alarm clock died. It no longer projected a beam

Hearts at Work By James Tipton   “How Great Thou Art” is one of the greatest hymns. Who, of whatever faith, has not been moved by the opening lines? “Oh Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder, Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made. I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,

THIS WORLD OF OURS By Bob Harwood bharwoodb@hotmail.com   The Power Of Words   As Comforter in Chief, he honored the fallen, saluted selfless heroes and held up a slain nine-year-old as a model for the future. His speech, applauded across the political spectrum, recalled other such moments. President Kennedy’s inaugural address urged listeners to “Ask

Wondrous Wildlife By Vern and Lori Geiger Pole Cat Cologne #5   We have all gotten a whiff of that pungent and unpleasant aroma telling us something black, white and small is nearby; but how small? The rare spotted skunk a cousin to the larger stripped skunk is found locally also. This little guy is

Joyful Musings By Birnbach Dunstan, MA, LPC, MAC New Horizons I recently returned from a journey halfway around the world. The flights were long, giving me time to ponder such deep thoughts as it’s impossible to travel farther than halfway around the world because if you go any farther you get closer to home. My

UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE By Bill Frayer Here’s Your Brain Online If you’re like me, you fire up your computer first thing in the morning, check your email, check out some newspapers from around the world, and perhaps visit a few other websites. How did we manage before the Internet? Remember when a topic would come

BRIDGE BY THE LAKE By Ken Masson   The great thing about duplicate bridge is that it reduces the luck factor in the game. Every hand in matchpoint games can be interesting and challenging as you are striving to score better than the other pairs holding the same cards. A low-level contract such as 1

OF FAITH AND FABLES By Bob Haynes Trust In Whom? Trust In What? In a previous column I spoke of “letting the battle begin” and boy, did it ever. After surviving the onslaught of eight-hour a day chemo for weeks, I really thought this battle would be more of a skirmish than an all-out assault.