Tag: health
member name: Elizabeth Madrigal
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October 11, 2008 05:42 PM EDT --
Hanging out with my husband as he recovers from surgery has us grounded this weekend, but it re-emphasized for us how important access to health care is. He can enjoy his convalescence and anticipation . . . more
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November 07, 2007 08:40 PM EST --
Well, Gather friends, I decided there was no point in waiting until after the holidays, because then it will only get worse. Oh, please don't tell me to exercise more. I exercise plenty . . . more
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July 17, 2008 07:01 PM EDT --
I get a lot of emails, but I have to admit, the one I got today sickened me. It was from CommonDreams.org's News Center, and republished an article from The Independent, a United Kingdom . . . more
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August 24, 2008 08:18 PM EDT --
Counting calories gets old by my age, so I have instead elected to create dishes with extremely low caloric content or extremely low carbohydrate count. This recipe satisfies both criteria. . . . more
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November 21, 2007 03:25 PM EST --
Desperate for a job and health insurance benefits? Be careful, America. Wal-Mart (and many other employer-financed health benefit corporate raiders) may actually pay the medical benefits your . . . more
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September 24, 2008 02:42 PM EDT --
Wow. Doesn't that just make your mouth fall open? Can you imagine claiming to care about our most modest and vulnerable Americans when you have a track record of voting AGAINST raising . . . more
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January 07, 2008 11:51 PM EST --
The lack of potable water around the world is the cause of much human misery, but the water shortgage contributes to illness and disease for other reasons as well. According to P & G Beauty Science, . . . more
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February 25, 2008 04:46 PM EST --
For those of you who like me have given up diet or regular soda in favor of nature's diet pop (water), here is a bit of a warning. The video has been circulating via YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeye8wnBJoU, . . . more
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February 05, 2008 09:11 PM EST --
Pieter van Baal, an economist at the Netherlands' National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, has removed the hook from your chubby, smoke-filled mouth. As the lead of a health . . . more
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August 26, 2008 05:01 PM EDT --
Well, the answer appears to be 1,000,000 Americans, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/brochures/steroids/professionals/index.html These . . . more
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September 02, 2008 07:32 PM EDT --
What I love about ethnic cooking is that everybody seems to think their personal recipe is the authentic one. I learned to love this soup when I lived in Mexico City and we traveled to Cuernavaca . . . more
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January 22, 2008 04:16 PM EST --
Sheryl Crow, Lance Armstrong, Suzanne Pleshette, Farrah Faucett, Dorothy Hamill, Elizabeth Edwards and also me, Elizabeth Madrigal. So what do we have in common?
A very thorough acquaintance with words . . . more
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January 24, 2008 11:10 PM EST --
Mark Urka's book on tea is both fascinating and inspirational as I've indicated in my previous book review and follow-ups, but the diet was the main reason I wanted to read it. This is the last . . . more
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February 01, 2008 03:32 PM EST --
This is a direct quote from the wired.com science blog from earlier in the week. When I read the entire article it just infuriated me, as I am a cancer survivor and do not want to be drinking . . . more
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February 08, 2008 05:03 PM EST --
A study conducted by researchers at the University of Minnesota on those afflicted with Metabolic Syndrome showed a link to the Western diet and DRINKING DIET SODA!
What is my layman's explanation . . . more
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May 16, 2008 09:24 PM EDT --
The headline for the flashing ad queried, "What do one in four women have in common?"
Are raped , have never been married, live below the poverty line, will contract a venereal . . . more
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October 01, 2008 08:01 PM EDT --
I confess to trickery to get you to read this recipe. The truth is no one can ever have too many fresh tomatoes. Just ask those who attend the Tomatina in the Plaza Del Pueblo in the small . . . more
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September 24, 2008 01:26 PM EDT --
Although the current financial crisis in the United States will certainly increase homelessness through job loss, home foreclosure, the deterioration of savings, pension funds and personal reserves, untreated . . . more
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October 19, 2007 07:42 PM EDT --
Some of the British government's smallest minds have been lobbying for a new tactic to contain the cost of running their free National Health Care System. They want the government . . . more
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September 12, 2007 07:46 PM EDT --
My daughter tells me not to buy non-organic milk, as the growth hormones in there are not good for cancer surivors. I bought some seeds for a Mexican cooking herb (Epazote) also used for tea and . . . more
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