Best Countries for Quality of Life in 2011

Gullfoss Waterfall, Iceland

An organization called Nation Ranking recently released its 2011 Quality of Life Index. One hundred thirty-seven countries were ranked according to: “a nation’s livability for its average inhabitant. It is a composite of six sub-indexes, each describing one of the elements which objectively influence the quality of life: health, education, wealth, democracy, peace and environment.” [...]

The Sin of the Blogger

Overcome Diabesity screen shot

Well, I’ve done it. I’ve committed the unforgiveable blogging sin: I haven’t kept up with my posting schedule. Normally I put up a new article every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. But the past couple of weeks, I’ve only done two, and not on schedule. My bad. I’ve gotten distracted by another project. Shame on me. [...]

Americans Totally Want a Public Health Care Option

According to information released today by Sen. Dick Durbin, Americans overwhelmingly want a strong public option to be part of health care reform here in the US. Eighty percent of poll respondents fully support a 50-state public option, and 65% of respondents were completely opposed to the so-called “trigger” option. In the meantime, until the [...]

It May Not Be What You Think

I read an excellent piece over at Expat Women today. A 52-year old female was suffering from empty-nest syndrome after leaving her grown and nearly grown children back in their home country. Kids were fine, mom was not. You can read the article here.

The response was sympathetic, comprehensive, discussed some positive and negative coping stragegies, and ended with a plea for the woman to seek professional counseling. All well and good, but I thought something very important was overlooked, maybe because it’s just too obvious.

Nowhere did the adviser recommend the woman get a thorough physical exam.