An announcement was recently made by the family of Tom Petty (one of my favorite musicians) that his untimely death was the result of an “accidental overdose” of pain medications, including the opioid Fentanyl. Apparently Tom was suffering from a fractured hip and knee problems which understandably caused a tremendous amount of pain.
You may recall that the musician Prince’s death was also caused by a fatal dose of doctor-prescribed Fentanyl.  All I can say is, “Who’s next?”

I recently saw an article where a medical doctor was poking fun at a natural herbal cough syrup.   Intrigued, I looked up the product ingredients and saw it included the following:

If you were to do an internet search for “detox” or “cleanse,” the results you’d get would number into the hundreds of millions.  Detoxing and cleansing the body is BIG business, with a wide variety of products and protocols to choose from, including juices, fasts and special diets.

Old Man Winter is certainly making a statement this year!  The picture above is the view out my front door this morning—we are buried and not a plow is in sight!  And in addition to snow in the forecast for the next 48 hours, it’s downright frigid out there. Right now it’s 2° and our high is only supposed to be 4°!

Happy New Year to you!  Now that 2018 is upon us it’s time to look ahead!  We all have hopes and dreams for the new year, and in that light, I would like to make a bold prediction for this year.  I didn’t come about this lightly, but I truly believe that this is something you can count on over the next 364 days….

The next week and a half will be filled with many magical moments, but Christmas and New Year’s is also the time when people are very vulnerable to getting stressed out and sick! 

So to help keep you in tip-top shape through these holidays, here is…