Math shares its awareness month with another mission that is very near and dear to my heart: It is also Organ Donor Awareness Month. When I found that out earlier this week, I thought I’d indulge myself a bit and spend
For the last week, I’ve been suffering from a terrible cold of some sort, which has now taken up residence in my chest. Sometimes I have my voice, sometimes I don’t. Sometimes I sleep, most of the time I don’t. Sometimes
It’s the last post of June, but we have a lot more summer to go. That means a lot more opportunities to enjoy the outdoors — and expose ourselves to damaging UV rays. Not only is a burn uncomfortable (or
I am not a particularly athletic or physically active person. If given a choice between a hike through the woods or a book and a hammock, the good read always wins out. I start and stop exercise routines at least
I grew up a few miles from the Appalachian Trail in Southwest Virginia and my grandparents lived in the Shenandoah Valley, near Big Meadows a popular stop-off for trail hikers. While I’ve never had any inclination to take the entire trail from Georgia to Maine, I have
Math Appreciation Month has finally come to a close. And I thought I would end with some math that could save your life. This is serious — and I think really interesting — stuff. If you’re seen a recent “best
I am not one to talk about my personal weight loss (or gain, usually), especially since I’ve spent years bouncing between feeling good about my figure and avoiding mirrors at all costs. Fact is, I’ve tried lots and lots of
you’ve read a women’s magazine or watched one of Oprah’s weight loss shows, you know a thing or two about how to shed those pounds. Move more, eat less, right? You probably also know how easily we can be fooled by
I suspect I’m not alone in one of my New Years resolutions: to eat better, exercise more and lose weight. (Ack! Did I just write that out loud?) Like other women in their mid-forties, I have found my metabolism screeching to a halt
Math and cancer? Turns out the queen of sciences can actually help doctors treat cancer in individual patients. I looked at a particularly important study by researchers at the University of Miami and University of Heidelberg for Healthymagination, a GE-owned website that addresses