“Heart attacks can be deadly, and the widow maker is one of the deadliest kind. It can happen suddenly when a key artery that moves blood to the heart gets almost or completely blocked. Without emergency treatment, you may not survive.”

WebM.D.

“As parents, while we certainly want our children to have fond memories of snow days, we know that they often come at a cost. They slow productivity, both in our children’s lives but also in our own when we have to leave work on their behalf. And when snow days are frequent, they can threaten the peace of our homes.

Yet, they can truly provide a space for families who want to use them personal growth and relational connection to do so. As with other areas of life gone right, the key to snow day success is found by approaching them with thought and a bit foresight. Just as we buy chains for our vehicles as the temperature drops, so can we also take steps to ensure that our extra time together, is time well spent.”

Cyber Parent

In winter, bad weather can strike unexpectedly, causing roads to be iced over and snowy. But staying safe at home doesn’t mean you must give up being physically active. Here are some ideas to get your heart pumping at home:

• Do some activity with the lungs. You ask how in this terrible cold weather; well here are some tips: Take a couple laps around the living room – you’ll engage your thigh and buttock muscles.
• Try stretching. Stretch your whole body, focusing on legs, then arms, then abdomen and back having music on or wathing T.V.
• Do pushups and crunches. Do three sets of 10 each while watching a movie or listening to music. Before you know it, you’ll be done!
• Climb up and down stairs. Start by climbing one step at a time, then move up to two.
• Enjoy workout videos. Check the Web, websites stream workout videos that you can watch for free.
• Play holiday charades. Get the whole family involved with a holiday themed game of charades or if passed the holidays do regular charades based on average similar likes from TV to foods to movies, etc… Use characters like reindeer (gallop), Santa (riding his sleigh) or elves (working in the toy shop). Act out.

Ward Off the Sniffles including prevention of COVID19 by doing the following:

Cover a cough or sneeze with a tissue instead of your hand. Remember to throw your tissue away and wash your hands with soap and water or an alcohol-based sanitizer.

• Wash your hands. This is one of the best ways to avoid catching a coldogerms or giving one to someone else.
• Drink up! Be sure to stay hydrated; drink plenty of water is what I mean by drink up.
• Get some shut-eye. Stay a step ahead of illness by getting plenty of sleep (about eight hours a night). You’ll see a difference for I surely do when I can get 8 hours sleep.
• Even wearing the mask now helps in prevention to avoid cold, certain infections and including COVID-19.

“It is a Felony punishable by up to ten years in prison if a person engages in a pattern of stalking against one victim or household.  A pattern of stalking includes, but is not limited to, committing two or more of the following acts within a five year period:

• any stalking offense
• making terroristic threats
• committing domestic assault
• violating a harassment restraining order or order for protection”

Mr. Keith Ellison The office of Minnesota Attorney General

“1 out of every 12 women will be stalked during her lifetime and 1 out of every 45 men will be stalked during his lifetime.  On average victims report the stalking lasted 1.8 years.  In cases involving intimate partners, the duration for the stalking increased to 2.2 years.”

Police & Public Safety | UNC Charlotte (http//police.uncc.edu)

“Mad Cow Disease is a progressive, fatal neurological disease in cattle, believed to be caused by prions — irregular protein particles that are hard to destroy. Because they can survive being cooked, prions can be passed on to humans who ingest infected tissue or food products containing such tissue.”

Edmonton Journal

“The word BSE is short but it stands for a disease with a long name, bovine spongiform encephalopathy.  “Bovine” means that the disease affects cows, “spongiform” refers to the way the brain from a sick cow looks spongy under a microscope, and “encephalopathy” indicates that it is a disease of the brain. BSE is commonly called “mad cow disease.”

U. S. Food and Drug Administration / FDA

“Besides Hypo/Hyper thyroidism and goiters there is also lumps, or nodules, can also develop on the thyroid gland. These nodules can be benign or cancerous. Thyroid cancer is the fastest growing malignancy, and it is extremely curable when detected in its early stages.  It is imperative to have thyroid nodules investigated, and followed closely over the years to assess the ongoing risk of cancer.”

Dr. Philip Rabito MD / Endocrinologist in NYC

“A goiter can be smooth and uniformly enlarged, called diffuse goiter, or it can be caused by one or more nodules within the gland, called nodular goiter. Nodules may be solid, filled with fluid, or partly fluid and partly solid.

Thyroid nodules are quite common. When examined with ultrasound imaging, as many as one-third of women and one-fifth of men have small thyroid nodules.

It’s possible for an enlarged thyroid to continue functioning well and producing the right amounts of hormones. In fact, most goiters and nodules don’t cause health problems.”.

USCF Health (www.ucsfhealth.org)/University of California San Francisco

“MRI a must for diagnosing and follow up after treatment.  The is also biopsy for some in diagnosing.  Regarding treatment chemo, radiation treatment and surgery for those that benefit and are candidates depending where the tumor is located.  MOST OF ALL KNOW THIS Cutting-edge brain imaging technology developed at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC is helping to save cancer patients’ lives (not just extend them!)”

UPMC /Life Changing Medicine