September, 2009
Lighting Up the City With Wind Power
On Tuesday Mayor Newsom announced plans for installing turbines on rooftops around the city, stating, “We want to challenge the perception that wind is a rural or suburban phenomenon and not an urban resource.” He said that a goal of commercializing small-scale wind power and bringing down the cost of renewable electricity, and that small-scale [...]
Free and Easy San Francisco Style
If you’re like me, you are visited frequently by family and friends (and friends of friends) who love San Francisco (at least for the weekend). And, I’m not complaining, really, about providing food and entertainment for most of my visitors. I’m a chiropractor who is doing okay even in this economy. In fact, most people [...]
UC Berkeley Study Results In Good News For Older Women and Exercise
In two papers published in recent months and based on a 2006 study of endurance training on 10 women who averaged 55 years of age and were healthy but sedentary, UC Berkeley researchers report that postmenopausal women can achieve the same health benefits from regular, vigorous exercise as younger women do. As a chiropractor who [...]
A Peaceful Place in the Heart of SF
Did you know that many of the classes at the San Francisco Buddhist Center are open to everyone and that, in many cases, you can simply “drop in” and join the group meditation? I didn’t know until about a month ago. I’d been wanting to learn to meditate for a long time, and it has [...]
PMS Nearly Ruined The Weekend
Did you know that at one time or another, Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) disturbs and estimated 90% of women and nearly 20% of those women afflicted experience severe to disabling symptoms? Well, unfortunately, my brother, Jeff, didn’t know that. When he and his wife, Susan, flew down from San Francisco to visit me for the weekend [...]