LIFE GOES ON: Who Do You Want To Be?
LIFE GOES ON: Who Do You Want To Be? You can create a new life for yourself whenever you want. Take an assessment of your life: your past, your present, and how you would…
Health
Granny Snatching: Battle Over Right To Die
Usually this column is devoted to issues of elder abuse, or elder care, but today I want to explore another issue that affects the elderly, and is growing significantly and encompasses both elder abuse and…
Diet Soda Can Make Your Fat
“In the constant battle to lose inches or at least stay the same, we reach for the diet soda. Two studies presented June 25 and 27 at the American Diabetes Association’s Scientific Sessions in San…
LifeGoesOn: The Pie Exercise
THE PIE EXERCISE DEAR DOCTOR KATHLEEN, I feel like all I ever do it work. There is never time for me. I have a full time job, a husband, and 3 teenagers. My…
Greenwich Sex Offender Doctor Loses Right To Practice
Written by Lisa Chedekel Clifford Berken The state Department of Public Health has overruled a medical board decision that would have allowed a Greenwich physician who is registered as a sex offender to resume his…
Granny Snatching: Elder Abuse Conference; The Emperor is Butt Naked!
The gathering of elder care advocates and victims of guardianship abuse in Washington, D.C., on June 12, 13, and 14 has been judged “a landmark event in the reform movement,” according to elder care advocate…
Bacardi Martini Asti Sparkling Wine 1.5 Lt Recalled
Consumers who have any Bacardi MARTINI Asti Sparkling Wine in 1.5 liter bottles at home are being urged to take heed of a voluntary recall announced yesterday by Bacardi U.S.A., Inc., the Department of Consumer…
LIFE GOES ON: The Psychology of Fame & Fortune
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF FAME AND FORTUNE – A Look Into what makes someone like Congressman Weiner Tick Anonymity is the reason we may angrily cut someone off in traffic, scream and yell and swear. Road…
Granny Snatching: Legislature Passes “Ella’s Law” – False Elder Abuse Complaints Bill!
As Connecticut’s 2011 Legislative session ended last week both the state House and Senate signed off on an amended “Act Concerning Investigations by Protective Services for the Elderly!” Yahoo! Yippee! No kidding. I am really…
LIFE GOES ON: Jack & Jill
JACK AND JILL: How To Understand The Male & Female Parts Of Ourselves There are certain traits in our society that are seen as masculine and feminine. Masculinity is often paired with aggression, decisiveness, logic,…
CtHealth: Many Ct Parents Still Nervous About Childhood Vaccines
Written by Lisa Chedekel About one-third of parents of young children worry that vaccines may cause learning disabilities such as autism, while more than 40 percent question whether they are safe, according to a new…
Granny Snatching: Ct Expanding Program Allowing Elderly To Live At Home, Instead Of Nursing Homes
Some state lawmakers finally seem to be grasping the concept that Medicaid is going bankrupt because the program is designed to direct most resources to institutions like nursing homes, and precious little to much less…
Patient Arrested After Paying Medical Bill With Pennies
According to the Desert News in Utah, a Vernal man was arrested and “charged with disorderly conduct after police say he caused alarm when he paid for a disputed medical bill in pennies.” “On May…
Electron Beam Tomography Machines Guaranteed To Take Your Money
by Marshall Allen See the slides from Heart Check America’s sales pitch. The procedure would be “non-invasive,” he promised. No needles. “Just lie on a table and hold your breath.” The scans could identify heart…
E. Coli Outbreak In Germany Highlights U.S. Food Safety Issues
by Marian Wang The E. coli outbreak in Germany—identified by scientists as a new deadly strain of the bacteria—has by now killed at least 17 people and spread to 10 countries [1]. And while it…
CtHealth: Westport Ambulatory Surgery Center Fined, On Probation
Written by Lisa Chedekel The Connecticut state health department has fined and reprimanded an ambulatory surgery center in Westport, after suspending its license in May, for violations ranging from failing to ensure that registered nurses…
West Hartford MD Caught In Drug Probe Gets Reprimand
Written by Lisa Chedekel A well-known West Hartford doctor who was fined $42,500 by federal prosecutors this year after he was caught writing 11 illegal prescriptions has been given a reprimand, probation and a $10,000…
Administrator Of Jewett City Haven Healthcare Sentenced
By Lisa Chedekel A former administrator of the defunct Haven Healthcare nursing home of Jewett City was sentenced Monday to three years’ probation for obstructing a federal criminal investigation. Kimberly Boccacio, 40, of Pomfret Center,…
Trinity College Squash Coach’s “Run To The Roar” Recommended By Dr. Cairns
Our LIFE GOES ON columnist, Dr. Kathleen Cairns recommends “Run To the Roar, Coaching To Overcome Fear” as great book with many important lessons for us. Watch her from last week’s Watchdog News Hour TV…
LIFE GOES ON: Death of the Verb TO BE
I am in mourning for the words AM, IS, and ARE. In my memory, it all started in the 90s with the Arsenio Hall Show. Arsenio was charismatic, charming, a GQ dresser, and had his…