My grief process will take much longer than you want it to. You can't fix this for me by doing anything but you can just be there for me. I will be in a sort of fog for at least 3 months. When the fog lifts, I might get worse. I will have periods of doing okay, then I will feel despair again. I will be … [Read more...] about What to Expect While You Grieve
California Residents to be Fined $500 a Day
Overwatering your lawn, washing your car without a shut-off nozzle, and using a water fountain that does not recycle the same water could now cost you up to $500 a day in fines in the state of California. The State Water Resources Control Board approved emergency regulations late last night that allow local law … [Read more...] about California Residents to be Fined $500 a Day
NCAM Proposing a Name Change
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, a division of the National Institute of Health, is planning on changing its name to something more conventional. On May 16th, the center proposed a name change to the National Center for Research on Complementary and Integrative Health. Instead of … [Read more...] about NCAM Proposing a Name Change
Cannabis Helps 8-Year-Old Girl Control Seizures
Hailey McGuire began having seizures when she was 3 months old. Within two weeks, she was having multiple seizures every day, each lasting from minutes to hours. Hailey, now 8, suffers from Dravet Syndrome, a rare form of intractable epilepsy that begins in infancy. She has been prescribed a number of strong … [Read more...] about Cannabis Helps 8-Year-Old Girl Control Seizures
Johns Hopkins is NOT “Telling the Truth About Cancer”
Once again the "Big Hospital Finally Telling the Truth About Cancer" hoax is being posted all over blogs (some of which are supposedly "news" blogs) and circulated via email. One site that posted about this hoax just 3 days ago (May 27, 2014) caught me by surprise, considering that the CEO and Founder of this site is a … [Read more...] about Johns Hopkins is NOT “Telling the Truth About Cancer”