Circumcision: San Francisco Wants To Cut It Out
San Francisco Wants To Ban Circumcisions I find it quite ironic that San Francisco, one of the most progressive cities in our country, is proposing a ban on male circumcision (for those under the age of 18) to appear on the city’s Nov. 8th ballot. The ban does not make any exemptions for religious practices. This has led a group of Jewish and Muslim residents to unite... Read More
Electronic Cigarettes: A Healthier Alternative Or A Hazardous Habit?
Just Don’t Do It. Smoking Is Seriously Bad For You Around a third of us smoke and most of us, that have taken up the habit, will agree that it was a bad idea to start in the first place. Maybe you caved in to peer-pressure at a young age, or maybe what started as something you did on a night out spilled into daytime on several days of the week. Whatever the reasons, you’re... Read More
Learning To Be Tolerant About Food Intolerance
[Food] Sensitivity Training “Daddy, are these cookies safe for me to eat?” My four-year old son, Peanut Child, points to a table full of sweets, where two of his friends, Junk Food Jenny and Hydrogenated Henry, are alternately cramming cupcakes and chocolate chip cookies into their mouths. Chocolate smears ring their lips, while my son looks on longingly. “Sorry Peanut Child.... Read More
Aphrodisiacs: Can Some Foods Really Get You Hot And In The Mood?
Foods That Set The Mood…For Sleep Can you remember the last romantic meal you were treated to? Odds are it was in a fancy restaurant, and you ordered all the sexiest foods you could find. Steak, oysters, asparagus, champagne and chocolate cake for dessert. After a dinner like this with your lover, there can only be one thing on your mind….A nap? Many foods are notorious... Read More
The Gym: It’s A Jungle In There!
Exotic Tours Presents: The Commercial Gym The commercial gym is like a jungle. The landscape may be unfamiliar, or even threatening, to an outsider. Strange sounds abound—metallic clanging, pulsating base and otherworldly squeals and grunts reverberate throughout the habitat. But perhaps the most frightening aspect of this metallic jungle are its colorful, amusing and sometimes... Read More
Sunning To Get Safer?
FDA, After 30 Years, Revamps Sunscreen Rules File this one under government efficiency. After a mere thirty three years of consideration, the FDA has unveiled new rules which will specify which types of sunscreen lotions provide the best protection, and that will put an end to the false claims made by some sunscreen lotion manufacturers that their products are water proof. As we... Read More
From Matt Damon To Janet Jackson, Colonics Are “In”
Colonic: A Health Fad That Won’t Flush Many a health fad has had its heyday: the cabbage soup diet, the grapefruit diet, magnet therapy, oxygen bars. Thankfully most of these fads come and go, and the most harm they do is financial in that trusting folks exchange their hard-earned dollars for “therapies” that prove to be utterly useless. There is one “health”... Read More
Rock The Bod You’re In
With Memorial Day right around the corner, many people are digging out their swimsuits and sunscreen and gearing up for a summer full of pool days and beach trips. Others of us are trying desperately to cram into the shorts we sported a year ago– you know, the ones that obviously shrunk in the dryer. Why else wouldn’t they fit? Between the New Year’s Resolutions of... Read More
Cover Your Ass Medicine: Stressing First-Time Parents
Some days I think perhaps the AMA (American Medical Association) should be relabeled as CYA (Cover Your Ass). When I became a parent, I had lots of medical questions and was often in search of good, practical, sound advice that was grounded in experience and expertise. What I got was a lot of warnings about everything. Never put your child to sleep on his belly- he could... Read More
Heavy Metal Mouth
Whenever I see a kid sporting a metallic smile, I want to compare notes on having braces. The protruding lips and the cut mouth. The little boxes of wax. But then I look closer and see the tell-tale signs of orange and lime-green gummy bears, and I remember my orthodontic experience was much different. My teeth-straightening memories are not filed in Adolescent Storage next... Read More
