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Some of you may remember my posting earlier this summer re my "event" and the miraculous circumstance of having a cardiologist and a pediatric intensivist nearby in a tennis facility to perform world class cpr until a rescue squad arrived to apply the defibrillator. I am happy to report that I...

Well, here I am one week post-op after a x6 cardiac bypass surgery. In recent years, my risk per lipid, c-reactive protein, and hoomcysteine testing was in the much lower than normal category. However decades prior of a high stress job and bad dietary habits probably laid the groundwork for...

The World Health Organization's ranking of the world's health systems Has anyone seen a more recent ranking than this one? The WHO says it didn't do a followup because of the "complexity of the task." At number 37, at least the U.S. beat Cuba.

What will be the probable fate of GM retirees if the company goes into Chapter 11? My brother just retired after 38 years: many years with lots of 7 day work weeks and some wear and tear injuries that he never claimed but just worked through. Is there a chance that the retirement won't be...

I'm sitting here listening to Cramer for the first time in months and here he is blaming the current President for the state of the stock market. I'm switching him off and hope I never ever get the morbid urge to listen to this idiot again.

Six months ago, my wife and I joined the local "Wellness Center" which is sponsored by one of the larger hospitals in our area. Until now, I had not been impressed by the group exercise programs offered by our tennis club and, earlier, Bally style health clubs we had joined. This place is...

Every couple of years, I have blood drawn and sent for fairly comprehensive testing through the Life Extension Foundation to which I subscribe. The price is a couple of hundreds bucks for complete chemistry, cbc, lipids, PSA, total and free testosterone, estradiol, C-reactive protein...

CNBC: Larry Kudlow and Santelli screaming at each other above the shrill voices of others on the split screen reminds me of Jim Cantore of the Weather Channel yelling above the roar of hurricane winds to his studio pundit counterpart. These stations love a big storm and the hype and posturing...

I am starting to wonder if there if it is postive or negative to be looking for useful advice on a forum where all (most) of us hide our true identity. Several of the leading lights have posted their identities or information amounting to a trail of bread crumbs but usually in concert with some...

WTF::mad:Freddie Mac CEO gets $19.8 million in '07 - Mortgage Mess - MSNBC.com

Check this out: statins for kids. My bias makes me alarmed. Dr. Eades tells the side that I take on this. :mad: http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/

This report lists the grim stats on a totally preventable (most cases) and highly curable disease: type II diabetes. The trouble is the cure requires lifestyle changes: shun refined carbs, sugar and get some exercise. I can't recall the exact stat but know that a huge portion of medicare costs...

What are the risk factors beyond the swings in the price of bullion? I am asking b/c I expect that somebody here knows the ins and outs. Thank you!

I am a chump who pulled out (the irony of that challenge now versus forty years ago) :bat: in February ahead of (amidst) the doom and gloom. Wanting to average back in, how does Berkshire look right now as, say, a five year or longer play (Warren looks likes he's still got significant tread...

I have had TENS (trascutaneous electrical nerve stimulator) treatments for back spasms in the past. Recently, my wife developed heel pain, presumptively diagnosed as plantar fascitis. I have been trying to deal with pain at the base of my thumb dignosed at arthritis (it sure doesn't feel like...

There aren't too many tasks that you do with the hands that don't engage the thumb joint. I had an acute onset of pain at the base of my thumb (at the joint adjacent to the wrist below the "meaty" aspect of the hand). I am just about hoping it is tendonitis rather than arthritis in the joint...

:rant:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21549196/ Stan O'Neal walks away from Merrill Lynch with 161+ million. Is that fair to stockholders? :rant::rant:

ER has me thinking of avoiding the 32 bucks a crack bite for having my drive plowed (sometimes twice in a day during big dumps). I'm going to trade that for my own cold sweat with a blower. I am looking for advice on the best brand and proper specs. My concrete drive is 300 feet long and...

Tonight I was chatting with tennis buddies over cold ones and asked one of the guys who teaches econ what he thought of the interest rate adjustment. Talk turned to money market returns, the bump today in the market and prospects over time. After awhiie of this, the econ prof looked at me...

Check out the picture Art Devany posted of himself on his 70th birthday. He is a retired math prof who is also a paleo fitness expert. Go to Arthurdevany.com. It's the most recent post in his blog. Click on the "read more" link. What do you think about his condition?

What is the confidence level on this list for Berkshire Hathaway? Right now I have a measley four B shares. (trading just under 4k apiece). I wish I had a couple hundred. Assuming a five year horizon, when is the right time (price) to dive in? Or nevemore?

This was the title of an MSNBC article this evening. The implication, in part, was that boomers will need accomodotions. The other implication is obvious. The former is what I am here to rant about. As I have posted before, I am in a grad program as my post career adventure. With a modicum...

Last weekend W. Buffet was front row sideline at a CAVS game. For the NBA challenged, the Cavs feature 22 year old phenom, LeBron James. Today's Beacon Journal (Ohio.com) featured Lebron's 35,000 square foot abode that is under construction featuring a theatre, recording studio, bowling alley...

Is Bob Brinker still inthe timer business? He got a couple of years of my bucks and, in exchange, I got screwed for following the QQQ call (mentioned here a few times over the years). If he is out there, what's his take on the correction?

There is a fundamental premise operative that, over the "long run," the equity market will beat inflation and reward the patient. A few decades of history support the propositon but is there anything else in the science of the known universe to bolster this faith? Hoping so . . .