Do you still have one of those cordless phones hanging around your house? More and more of us are giving up our landlines, specifically our cordless phones in favor of signing up for a good family plan with our cellular phone provider. This makes sense economically and in terms of convenience. If you need another…
More on the declining health of bees: Have Bees Become Canaries In the Coal Mine? Why Massive Bee Dieoffs May Be a Warning About Our Own Health (AlterNet) From the article: One class of pesticides, neonicotinoids in particular has received a lot of attention for harming bees. In late 2010, the EPA came under fire…
We buy raw unfiltered honey for a sweetener in tea or desserts, but we also use it for first aid on minor wounds. It has natural antibiotic properties, due to a natural hydrogen peroxide that is slowly released in contact with body fluids. Honey also has a low ph, preventing the growth of bacteria. As…
February 1-7, 2012 is National Women’s Heart Week There is emerging awareness and concern today, as more women now die from coronary disease in this country each year than do men. In fact, when women show up with their first heart attack, 52 percent of them die from sudden cardiac death. Men, 42 percent. This…
Healthy Kids from Teeth to Feet: Kids & Health By Peg Rosen for Healthy Kids from Teeth to Feet A good night’s sleep for grade-schoolers and teens means at least 10 hours of solid shut-eye, according to the National Institutes of Health. For preschoolers, it’s 11-12 hours, and for babies it’s up to 18….
The $40 billion weight loss industry has you hooked. Everywhere you look a weight loss guru is selling a pill or a program. Misinformation abounds. But help is on the way; real advice based on real science made easy. Down to Calories Every diet ever sold is nothing but a scheme to fool you into…
You can collapse into a hammock or bed or couch…or just fall where you are. Wherever you do it, a nap is good for you. Joe’s cartoon archive, twitter ramblings and StumbleUpon page…
We don’t drink sodas or ‘fruit drinks’ in our house. Not even the so-called ‘natural’ ones. I know that some parents let their kids have one or both of these types of drinks, but we’ve chosen to just say no. Take a look at this info on the dangers of fruit drinks and you’ll see…
I woke up this morning and looked in the mirror, only to find that my upper lip is sprouting a moustache. My first thought was “What the . . . ? Who in the heck glued that fuzz below my nose? But then it all comes back to me. Oh yeah, it’s Movember. Moustache season….
Just about everyone has experienced back pain that flares up from bending over to pick up something heavy. For parents of toddlers and younger kids, picking up those hefty little bundles over and over can lead to back trouble. Add to that the fact that parents are always sacrificing for their kids and often don’t…
More on “No to GMO month” and GM HFCS… From EatDrinkBetter: Non-GMO Month & New GMO Report From HuffPo: Genetically Modified Foods: 4 Reasons to Celebrate Non-GMO Month From GMO Watch: High-fructose corn syrup. Follow the rest of the Hank D and the Bee series at JoeMohrToons.com. For cartoon updates and other green goings-on, follow…
