Jack Benny, the late great comedian, once said: “Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” It’s true, when you reach retirement age – it’s like entering permanent vacation mode, which means no more Monday mornings, time clocks, ...

How much is your life worth to you? Probably a lot – probably a gazillion times more than what your life insurance policy will pay out to your descendants after you kick the bucket. Can you really put a price on human life? – The ...

The heart is called a vital organ for a reason. Duh, without your heart, you’d be dead. But our heart is responsible for a number of imperative physiological functions – like pumping blood and oxygen to the rest of our organs. This is why obstructive ...

The strangest thing about hypertension: most people have no idea they have it. While there are some symptoms, like constant headaches, fatigue and difficulty breathing, oftentimes people don’t find out that they have hypertension, or high blood pressure, until they are waiting to get a ...

Automation is the dream of modern life. Just take driving a car for example – an automatic transmission makes for a much more pleasant drive than a manual transmission. Automatic doors. Automatic clocks. Remember winding your watch? – Of course you don’t, because now it’s ...

In football, the offensive guard’s job is to act like a shield to protect the quarterback against the charging linebackers on the defensive line. That’s like trying to stop a charge of stampeding bulls, which is why the guard has to not only be strong, ...

There have been many miraculous weight loss stories and heroes who have staked a claim as victor in the seemingly never-ending battle of the bulge. Remember Jared – the “Subway Diet” guy – standing next to his giant pair of jeans? It turns out his case ...

For a long time, nobody really knew what the long-term affects of sleep apnea’s ravages were.  In fact, nobody really knew what the sleep disorder was until about three decades ago – the age of Tab and Reaganomics – so there wasn’t any solid foundation for ...

Women Can Get Sleep Apnea Too? John Lennon once quipped: “There is a great woman behind every idiot.” That sentiment very well may be true, especially if that idiot is someone who believes women can’t have sleep apnea. Women are smart, powerful and alluring, but ...

Golf – to some it is the most boring sport on television, but to others it is a way of life. No one knows for sure when and where the precursor to golf began – some say it evolved from an Ancient Roman sport involving ...