Sunday, July 15th, 2018
Whether you’re just visiting San Francisco tourist attractions and activities or a long time resident seeking a relaxation escape, make sure to schedule a treatment (or two) at a local Thai Massage spa. Here’s our top 10… 1. Suchada Thai Massage Embarcadero The new flagship location of San Francisco’s original Thai Massage provider, Suchada was
Tuesday, June 9th, 2015
For two years I was hacking up a lung. It was interfering with my sleep, with my job, with my life, and there seemed to be no cure for it. The funny thing is, I didn’t feel...
Friday, November 28th, 2014
Legend has it that coffee was discovered 1500 years ago by an observant shepherd who noticed that his goats didn’t sleep after eating coffee berries. Humans have been fascinated with caffeine ever since. Some of its effects...
Friday, October 17th, 2014
In what appears to be a staged “news” event, a young man in Liberia is taken to a clinic where he rolls on the ground moaning, “I’m dying, I’m dying…” in full view of a news cameraman....
Saturday, October 11th, 2014
The United States will begin “thermal screenings” of passengers from certain countries when they arrive in the USA. Sounds like a good idea, but these thermal screenings are more of a public relations effort than serious medicine....
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014
A common misconception about weight loss is “eat less, lose faster”. This belief might lead you to make drastic (and potentially dangerous) changes in your diet…changes that can actually backfire and sabotage your weight loss efforts. To...
Monday, October 6th, 2014
Would you rather have ice in your soda, or drink water from a fast food restaurant’s toilet? Any normal person would go for the ice of course. But according to a 7th grade student’s winning science...
Sunday, September 28th, 2014
What if psychiatric drugs like Prozac and Zoloft were no more effective than a lump of sugar? What if there were natural ways to combat depression that were completely free? Dr. Irving Kirsch analyzed 38 separate clinical...
Tuesday, November 12th, 2013
Typhoon Yolanda, may very well have been the strongest typhoon to make landfall in the Philippines, at least measured in wind speed. The devastation, and cost to human life are truly tragic, and the people of the...
Thursday, November 7th, 2013
Think about it. Our brains are fabulous tools, the thing that makes us human, but our brains also hold us back, from being all we can be. Sometimes we are fooled, and sometimes we fool ourselves. We...
Friday, October 25th, 2013
When the Reverend Jim Jones told his followers they were all going to drink Kool-Aid and go to a happier place, they all lined up and drank it. The Reverend Jones was their God. Like many leaders...
Monday, October 14th, 2013
It was two weeks ago today that Obamacare was rolled out to the public. Perhaps this would be a good time to check in and see how it is going. From the few reports surfacing, the answer...
Thursday, September 26th, 2013
Dr. Doug Nunamaker, a family doctor based in Wichita, Kansas had had just about enough. After five years of dealing with hassles from health insurance companies, and having to hire people just to deal with the paperwork,...
Tuesday, September 17th, 2013
I don’t know what it is with people, but I find myself reminding them of the same things over and over again. There is no one to gain permission from. There is no one to impress. There...
Friday, August 30th, 2013
She was in her late twenties, with flowing brown hair and clear pale skin. I met her on my morning commute. The 880 from Oakland to San Jose is one of the worst commutes in the Bay...
