The medical profession generally discourages alcohol drinking at any age.  Basically, alcohol has caused traffic accidents, ruined family relationships and generally harmed the body of those who drink to excess.  For example,  alcohol is a factor  in about: 30% of suicides. 30% of fatal motor vehicle crashes. 40% of fatal burn injuries. 50% of fatal drownings and homicides. 65% of fatal falls. Over the past few decades, though,   research has shown that : Moderate drinking makes you 25% to 40% less likely to have a heart attack, stroke or suffer from hardening of your arteries. Turns out that "small" amounts of alcohol can raise your high density lipoprotein (HDL), which removes other forms of cholesterols from your body, thus lowering the risk of heart disease. Alcohol also increases bone density and brain health. Alcohol does enhance mood, relax you and aid in combatting insomnia. 70% of American adults drink alcohol.  Which ones are best? Red wine contains antioxidants, wh

    More than 98% of recent Hawaii COVID cases are among the unvaccinated .  Further: “We know that the vaccines work. We know that it will keep you safe from the delta variant and any other strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus,” said Health Department Director Libby Char. “So it works. It is not impossible to get an infection after you get vaccinated, but if you do you are not likely to get severely ill from it, you are not likely to get hospitalized from it, and I think that’s what’s really important.” Turns out that this would be expected , for of the 107,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations for May in the U.S., only 1,200 were vaccinated.  That is a percentage of 1.1%!!!. Better yet, of the 18,000 COVID-19 deaths in May, only 150 were fully vaccinated. That translates to 0.8%. The U.S. deaths/day peak occurred in January at 3400/day.  This has been cut by more than a factor of 10 to 300/day. 53% of Americans are now fully vaccinated.  Arkansas is among the worst, only at 33%, and both cases an

It seems longer, but it "only' was just about a year ago that the world went into lockdown from COVID-19.  The New York Times speculated that ONE in THREE Americans know someone who has died from this virus:     Those We’ve Lost . How lucky and blessed am I?  With most of the residents of 15 Craigside, most of us do not know even one person who contracted this virus.  Meaning, we don't know anyone who has died.  And we live in a seniors' community in one building.  Got to give credit to the administration, and people who responsibly live here.  More than 97% took our second Moderna shot a month ago, while 89% of all employees also did.  There is about an equal number of both here.  Many sites around the world are having problems convincing their staff to be vaccinated.  Less than half, in the U.S., according to AARP . On Sundays I usually delve into a spiritual subject.  I was wondering, do religious people live longer than the non-religious?   The answer is YES!!!