Barbara Morris
Stop Anticipating Your Death!
A friend and brilliant writer publishes well-documented articles about current events. She said this in a recent newsletter: "Time is also not a friend of people my age. I'll be 73 at the end of June, so I don't have many years left. . . " I guess she has a direct pipeline to the intention of God or the Grim Reaper. Anyone at age 73 who assumes an early demise because of awareness of chronological age is a victim of a common belief that anyone at age 65 and beyond is really "elderly" (translation: OLD). The word conjures up "old age" specific images, behaviors, and specious facts … Read more
Pat Garner
Oh, Our Poor Misunderstood Stomach!
The stomach is probably the most misunderstood organ in the body. If you've ever experienced heartburn, you're probably thinking the stomach is too acidic and causing discomfort. However, heartburn is not caused by stomach acid but from poorly digested foods that backflow into the esophagus. It's a combo of food and some stomach juices, and the esophagus wasn't meant for the acidic substance, so it burns – consequently heartburn. The stomach is all about the acid. The normal pH of stomach acid is from 1.5-3.0, and when there's not enough acid in the stomach, carbohydrates ferment (and not … Read more
Joyce L. Shafer
A VERY Inconvenient Reality
I came across an intriguing article title claiming a promise to explain why Elites in power positions tell us what they’re going to do (to us) before they do it (https://tinyurl.com/5feyt4r9). It’s an article worthy of the several minutes involved to read. And then I did something I seldom do: looked at the comments. In the comments was a link to a video by someone I’d never heard of. Led to check it out, I found it to be quite a presentation: You have to watch the screen because words have to be fudged in order for the fact-researched truth to be shared and not banned. I was into it! If … Read more
Zenobia Silas Caarson
Senior Scribblers Writing And Sharing Lives
Every Wednesday at noon sharp, I can be found staring into the lovely faces of my writing peers via zoom for our weekly Senior Story Time, hosted by the Senior Scribblers. They are residents of the Senior Center in Franklin, Massachusetts. I came across this lively group of people quite by "accident," but I think it was one of those God connections where several needs are served at one time. There are a couple of Senior Scribblers groups online, but I like to believe that my group is unique because they welcomed me with open arms, and I feel like I've known them all my life. So, what … Read more
Good Stuff To Know June 2022
Men taking either of the two most common oral medications for advanced prostate cancer who had also undergone hormone therapy to treat their disease were at higher risk of serious metabolic or cardiovascular issues than patients who were only receiving hormone therapy, researchers found. New research may explain unexpected effects of common painkillers Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen and aspirin are widely used to treat pain and inflammation. But even at similar doses, different NSAIDs can have unexpected and unexplained effects on many … Read more
Senior Sociopaths –All Abuse Is Not Physical
Rapamycin: The Next Anti-Aging Miracle?
I believe, as many others do that much of the mental and physical decline that occurs with advanced age is our own doing. For almost all of our entire lives, we eat crap (sorry, there is no more genteel way to put it) that doesn’t adequately nourish the body. We can get away with it until about age 40. That’s when the body starts to rebel against the constant malnutrition, and we begin to develop diabetes, arthritis, degenerated bones and joints, and other “lifestyle” diseases that are not caused by advanced age — it’s the culmination of food abuse (malnourishment) over time.