There are many questions regarding tropical diseases due to the extensive International travel. Passengers, whether they are business or pleasure, want to know what tropical diseases they may encounter at their destination and how to prepare for them. Here is a listing of popular questions regarding tropical diseases and the answers to them. What is [...]
The mortgage crisis and the subsequent global financial meltdown has left a deep impact on the US and global economy. Jobs are being lost in millions and all kinds of financial distress calls are being sounded. To top it all now the $50bn fraud by Bernard Madoff. So the big question is how to get [...]
Do we really want the near bankrupt government to be more involved with such pressing social issues as health care? Isn’t that a step backwards towards socialism? For example, in Canada(not that it is socialist) with their health care one could be on a waiting list for a few months to have a simple but [...]
Home is the ideal place to unwind and the only place you want to rush to, after a day’s work. A lion prefers his den to the wilderness and this holds good for all creatures. Living in a habitat is interesting but having a niche or a place, you can call your home is indeed [...]
Is your house in need of improvements? Do you need ideas for redecorating your home? Do you need inspiration for decorating your home? Not to worry, help is already here. One great source of home decorating ideas and inspiration is home decorating magazines. These publications provide a look into the world of home decorating and [...]
We keep discussing health care reform but it appears that the more we talk the more we are unable to understand the benefits. Although we have made it very complicated and potentially very expensive, we really haven’t come up with solutions that are superior to what we have or to what other countries have. Other [...]
Week of December 7, 2009 The Senate began to slog its way through amendments (see below) last week in a process that promises to get harder, not easier. In the meantime, the debate continues as to whether the Senate bill would do anything significant to slow rising health care costs, and a Bloomberg story points [...]
The vote by the US House of Representatives on health care reform has been hailed by many as a victory for those many million Americans deprived of any sort of medical coverage. True, there are important, new developments, which Rose Ann DeMoro of the California Nurses Association does a very good job of explaining. Some [...]
U.S. Senator Pat Roberts said health care reform proposals will raise health insurance premiums and hurt Kansas’ small businesses. Roberts made the remarks at a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee where Sandy Praeger, Kansas Insurance Commissioner, provided testimony echoing these concerns. “There is no question that the spiraling cost of [...]
The decorations have come down after Christmas and the rooms are looking rather bare. Winter is often a drab time of year and, even though the promise of Spring is just around the corner, why not liven your January days up by investing in some home decorating. Home decorating ideas do not have to break [...]