Jun
27
The Theological Seminar in San Anselmo, California, was the beautiful setting for a historic event in the homeopathic community: the first homeopathy conference ever to feature women speakers exclusively. More »
Archive for June, 2011
Jun
20
What’s so significant about this, you ask? Standards, folks. Anyone on the Internet who can access the World Wide Web (which is by far the fastest growing area of the Internet today) can access the FedEx site. Since they already know how to use the World Wide Web, no special training, technology or clumsy manuals are required. Point, click, type – aha, my package made it to Ulan Bator last Thursday. Consider it from the perspective of FedEx – for a very small cost, it can provide a new, strategic service to millions of its customers, for a fraction of the amount that it would been faced with had it chosen to build a closed, proprietary system. Brilliant, I must say.
Jun
20
In this column last month, I wrote that “the Internet is becoming the backbone to global commerce.” Some people took exception to that statement – not unusual, for the Internet, if anything, does manage to stir up controversy.
Yet, I believe that the Internet is becoming such a backbone in many different ways – let me explain another aspect of this issue.
Jun
20
Q.In reading about osteoporosis on the Net, I continually hear about Evista (not yet approved here in Canada), HRT (which I am unable to take), and Fosamax (which I took for six months and had serious side effects). My doctors switched me to something called Didrocal (etidronate disodium). I am having no problem with this medication, but it concerns me that I cannot find anything about it — how it works long-term or even whether it is effective. It is never mentioned in articles about osteoporosis, and I am wondering why. More »
Jun
13
Dependent Parents Control My Life
Q.I am 55. My two brothers are married. I am divorced. My parents are very ill. I tried to date, but every time I was supposed to go out, my parents called me and I rushed over to their house and canceled my date. My mother depends on me 100 percent. She has Alzheimer’s and is very demanding. If I don’t do what she wants, she puts a guilt trip on me. My father got a new heart six years ago. My sons (ages 20 and 25) are mad at me for not spending more quality time with them. I am so depressed that I sometimes do not want to live my life like this. What should I do? More »
Jun
06
Q.I was recently in a car accident in which I was hit in the rear at a red light. I had an MRI, and they said my neck is out in two places. I’ve been going to the chiropractor every day, and he keeps adjusting it. It doesn’t seem to be getting any better, and I’m wondering if him cracking my neck every day is just keeping it aggravated. More »