If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!In the town of Guerima, which is a remote Colombian settlement, the residents are desperate to get their livelihood back…their livelihood of course being the production and sale of cocaine. You see, ever since Colombia deployed a national [...]
Have you ever noticed that we live in a society that is somewhat upside down where more demand is placed upon young people to act more adult-like? In the meantime, adults have become increasingly more like adolescents! According to a recent article by sociologist Mike Males,
American teenagers- in fact, teens throughout the Western [...]
According to a recent article published by STLtoday.com, American taxpayers would save more than $46 billion if drug addicts (who are in prison now) were treated for their addictions instead. This is based on a study that was released at the end of May 2008.
The study from the Urban Institute in Washington found that [...]
According to Lake Region General Hospital, it’s never too late to quit smoking. Here’s some interesting information that they put together for those who are thinking of quitting smoking. The following information is based on what happens to a smoker after they put out their last cigarette.
What Happens After:
20 Minutes: Your blood [...]
While alcohol addiction affects families in the thousands across the United States, there is a growing, if not larger, number of people who are affected when their loved ones are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease. An article that was published earlier this year in Telegraph.co.uk talked about how German nursing homes were using a strategy [...]
Sometimes life after drug and alcohol addiction recovery can be extremely difficult. Some people find if extremely difficult to fight the urges they once had with drugs and/or alcohol. Therefore, in an effort to not be tempted into doing drugs again, they remove themselves from situations where there may be drugs and/or alcohol. [...]
Turning 21 years old never seemed so deadly. It’s absolutely amazing how accepting Americans are of alcohol sometimes. We embrace it and even encourage it with games such as “21 for 21″. According to this popular alcoholic drinking game, a person (who is typically in college by this age) drinks 21 alcoholic [...]
In a recent interview on the TODAY Show, TODAY chief medical editor and author of the book Medical Myths That Can Kill You- And the 101 Truths That Will Save, Extend, and Improve Your Life, Nancy Snyderman discussed and debunked some of the medical myths that can actually kill you.
компютри втора употребаCommon Medical Myths:
Annual Checkups
According [...]
Should human beings be allowed to determine how and when they die? This is an issue that is often brought up when discussing the controversial topic of euthanasia. Euthanasia translates to literally mean “good death” in Ancient Greek and refers to the practice of ending a life, typically through lethal incision or [...]
Have you ever realized how much easier it is sometimes to do things with another person versus by yourself? For example, most people find it much more difficult to get up in the morning to go for a run or workout. However, if they know that they are meeting a friend to work [...]
