Health & Happiness Archive

  • Being a trucker involves paying constant attention to all the things you see while on the road – traffic flow, road signs, changes in weather, other drivers shaving in their...

    Breathing Free

    Being a trucker involves paying constant attention to all the things you see while on the road – traffic flow, road signs, changes in weather, other drivers shaving in their...

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  • Hurricane Sandy has come and gone, leaving huge devastation in its wake. Today, there is another Nor’easter predicted on the east coast. Last weekend, our clocks “fell back” to standard...

    Don’t Be SAD!

    Hurricane Sandy has come and gone, leaving huge devastation in its wake. Today, there is another Nor’easter predicted on the east coast. Last weekend, our clocks “fell back” to standard...

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  • It has been super hot and dry in many parts of the country this year, with drought affecting the Midwest like nobody’s business. Just like crops, people have to receive...

    Don’t Dehydrate

    It has been super hot and dry in many parts of the country this year, with drought affecting the Midwest like nobody’s business. Just like crops, people have to receive...

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  • One of the purposes of writing a column like this is that I can answer questions you would never in a million years want to ask your health care provider...

    Don’t Lose Control

    One of the purposes of writing a column like this is that I can answer questions you would never in a million years want to ask your health care provider...

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  • Aha! Based on the title, I bet you thought this article would be about weight loss, didn’t you? Although weight loss is a favorite health topic regardless of the season,...

    Lighten Your Load

    Aha! Based on the title, I bet you thought this article would be about weight loss, didn’t you? Although weight loss is a favorite health topic regardless of the season,...

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  • Generally speaking, only men have prostate glands, but those of you who don’t might want to read on anyway, because what happens to 49% of us affects the other 51%...

    To Test Or Not To Test?

    Generally speaking, only men have prostate glands, but those of you who don’t might want to read on anyway, because what happens to 49% of us affects the other 51%...

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  • Whenever I say to people, “I must start thinking about my next topic for my 10-4 Magazine article,” inevitably the person says to me, “You must have done a column...

    Sitting Pretty

    Whenever I say to people, “I must start thinking about my next topic for my 10-4 Magazine article,” inevitably the person says to me, “You must have done a column...

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  • They’re all over the news these days, not to mention in the frames of beds, mattresses, pillows and on the floor boards. Yes, bed bugs have made a big comeback....

    Bug-Free Trucking

    They’re all over the news these days, not to mention in the frames of beds, mattresses, pillows and on the floor boards. Yes, bed bugs have made a big comeback....

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  • What a winter this has been! As I write from my home here in the Northeast, I am painfully aware of how much snow there is still to shovel and...

    Winter Health Worries

    What a winter this has been! As I write from my home here in the Northeast, I am painfully aware of how much snow there is still to shovel and...

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