LIFE GOES ON: JAPAN Part 2: Conversations in the NOW
JAPAN Part 2: CONVERSATIONS IN THE NOW In last week’s column, Japan Part 1: LIVING IN THE NOW, I wrote about letting go of the need to know the future. I learned that children…
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Saint Mary’s Hospital To Notify Patients Whose X-Rays Along With Their Names Were Shown To Students
Saint Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury said Tuesday it would soon notify patients whose privacy was invaded when a teacher at nearby Naugatuck Valley Community College showed radiology technician students their x-rays and names. Hospital spokesman…
LIFE GOES ON: Japan: Living in the NOW
JAPAN: Part 1: LIVING IN THE NOW I just returned from Nara Japan where I visited my pen pal, Yumiko (since 1978) and her family for my fourth time. They live in a valley of…
Waterbury Saint Mary’s Hospital Patient X-Rays, Medical Information, Used By Radiology Tech Students Without Permission
Copyright CtWatchdog.com 2012 A Naugatuck Valley Community College instructor used patients’ X-rays from nearby Saint Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury as teaching tools, without permission from the patients, many of whom were identified by name, date…
CT Golden Years: Death Becomes Us, and Probate Awaits!
We talk a lot about the aging population in Connecticut in this column – how we face the same issues as the rest of the nation, and how we sometimes differ – but there is…
LIFE GOES ON: Un-Conditional Love?
UN-CONDITONAL LOVE? People often ask me if I believe in un-conditional love. A love that has no conditons can be defined in many ways, but to me it means, “I love you no matter what.”…
Sinus Infection? Latest Study Shows Antibiotics Don’t Help
While 20 percent of antibiotics are prescribed for sinus infections, the latest study by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that they simply don’t help. “Patients don’t get better faster or have…
LIFE GOES ON: Angry Mother
DEAR DOCTOR KATHLEEN, I am 15 years old. My single Mom dates a lot and has screaming fights with her boyfriends and uses bad language. It is like she becomes another person. I love her,…
LIFE GOES ON: The Psychology of Animal Love
The Psychology of Animal Love Years ago, my little Gracie was a therapy dog at Cedar Sinai Hospital in Beverly Hills. Once a week, we would go to the Palliative Care floor. I would place…
CT Boomer Years: More Younger Boomers Forced To Take Out Reverse Mortgages
The reality of lack of savings is forcing more younger boomers to turn to untapped equity in their homes to pay their bills. According to a new report by MetLife, a larger percentage of boomers…
LIFE GOES ON: The Psychology of Money
The Psychology of Money Money = Freedom Money = Power Money = Control Money = Workaholic Behavior Money = Fear of Loss Money can mean all of these things. The Law of Scarcity says, “If…
LIFE GOES ON: Keep a Journal? WHY?
KEEP A JOURNAL? WHY? When I was 11, I asked my parents for a diary, having just read “The Diary Of Anne Frank.” I had the remarkable gift of visiting her house in Amsterdam, many…
U.S. Rep Larson Wants Weekend Elections
U.S. Reps. John Larson (D-Hartford) and Steve Israel of New York are introducing legislation “to move Election Day from the first Tuesday in November to the first full weekend of that month in an effort…
LIFE GOES ON: Keeping Time, Not Making Time
KEEPING TIME For those who think there in not enough time, this is a story to live by: “When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day is…
Granny Snatching: Doctors’ Fees and Tax Breaks; Connecticut’s Seniors are Tied to Federal Tax Maneuvering
When you are worried about the winter weather and increasing heating and grocery bills it is understandable if you don’t pay close attention to the interminable arguments in Congress over this bill, that legislation and…
LIFE GOES ON: Spending FAST!
SPENDING FAST NO, I’m not writing about spending money quickly. I’m suggesting a spending fast: refraining from spending $$$$$$$$ for the next 30 days. OH NO!!!!!????? Does this make you nervous? Does this sound difficult?…
Marketer Of Bogus “Free” Trial Offers Barred and Fined $359 Million
The Federal Trade Commission has stopped an Internet scheme that allegedly used bogus “free” product offers that deceived consumers in the United States and other countries and charged them for products and services they did…
LIFE GOES ON: Manly-Man Yoga
MANLY-MAN YOGA So why am I, a psychologist, writing about yoga? Because it works to heal anxiety and depression. Have you ever observed a baby holding his feet up in the air while lying on…
Dan Lovallo Loses Talk of Connecticut Radio Job
Conservative radio talk host Dan Lovallo lost his job today as he was told Buckley Radio that it was “going in a different direction.” Lovallo had been with the WDRC-AM radio station chain since 1996,…
LIFE GOES ON: How To Plan Your Own Funeral!
HOW TO PLAN YOUR OWN FUNERAL! “I don’t mind dying, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” Woody Allen pretty much summed up the common attitude toward death. We know it happens…