Category: Health

2014 – Here I Come

As we start a new year, there is a tradition to make promises that one tries to keep throughout the year. I’ve attempted to do this over the years, with some success … and...

The beating of the drum

Who knew when I started my 30-day challenge, that I’d be writing more on my blog (we’ll see how long it lasts). So last night, I decided to go the gym. I get there,...

Drug Interactions

Over the past few months, I’ve been taking some medications to deal with a couple of issues, and overall I have to say that this treatment has been a success. Last week I paid...

HIV Rates among mid-lifers

It seems that it’s not just the North Texas region that is seeing an increase HIV infections among mid-life men (35-49). According to this article, the increase could be explained by a number of...

Slipping into a cautionary tail…

Recently I read an online article that discussed the practice of barebacking (generally an unsafe sex practice) and the increase that appears to be occuring with this activity. “What we are seeing now is...

Blog Surfing

Earlier this week while looking at other people’s blogs, I found this link (courtesy of danah @ apophenia). It provides an insight to how different drugs affect our behaviours and our abilities to function,...

I think they are on to something here…

It seems that someone out there is trying to address the ongoing health of our younger generation … finally! The people over at Life for Kids have developed a system that measures the level...

Frontline: The Age of AIDS

On PBS tonight, FrontLine will be showing the first of a two part series called “The Age of AIDS.”  If you are in the DFW area, this will be shown on KERA13 at 8PM....