Nanny doctors?

Quarter of Women Not Getting Health Care They Need

By Amanda Gardner
HealthDay Reporter

THURSDAY, July 7 (HealthDay News) -- Costs are getting in the way of women's health care, with about a quarter of American women not getting the care they need, a new national report finds.

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Only 33 percent of women said they had talked to a health-care professional in the past three years about smoking, 20 percent about alcohol use, 43 percent about calcium intake and 55 percent about diet, exercise and nutrition.

Now here is a mystery. Why do women need to talk to their doctors about smoking, alcohol use, calcium intake or diet? Unless they are mentally deficient, they know what they have to or should do for their health. And there is plenty of advice out there a lot cheaper than a medical doctor's and most often more knowledgeable.

Why so many people have allergies?

I don't have allergies, but this is an interesting book.



It's about how so many people are bothered by pollen, because landscapers only plant males to avoid the mess of fruit. I suppose it is unnatural to have only male plants in so many places. I know the Gingko Baloba tree is male and female, and they only want to plant males in the city, because the females make a mess with the fruit.

Exercise epiphany

My left arm had been hurting for some time. I've been helping a lot with my 2 grandchildren aged 9 months and 2 1/2 years now. Always holding them with my left arm, while I use my right to do things. And then it occurred to me that I was using my arm muscle in one way all the time. I pushed the opposite way and felt immediate relief. Wow!

Now my arm is okay. Sometimes I forget to do the opposite exercise, and it starts hurting a little.

Then I started thinking about my legs. I'm always climbing stairs in this 3-story house we live in. And my legs are pretty strong (carrying 190 lbs.), but they never seem to get really strong so that I don't tire out before running up 2 flights of stairs. And it occurred to me I'm not doing the opposite exercise for my legs either. So I've started doing opposites with an elastic cord and doing leg lifts too like for karate. It seems like my legs feel better too, but it might be all in my head.