If you're male and over the age of 20, the best time to get serious about taking care of your prostate gland is now. Conventional medical guidelines recommend annual digital (finger) rectal examinations to screen for prostate enlargement and cancer, beginning in your 41st year. In recent years, I've observed an increasing number of men in their 20s and 30s exhibiting symptoms of prostate gland dysfunction. Read more
On the macro front, there has been one significant development since the update I shared on the 26th of September. On September 28th, the Bank of England announced an emergency period of bond buying to stabilize soaring yields and a plummeting British Pound. Put another way, they began quantitative easing, also known as money printing. Read more
In Korea, frozen shoulder or adhesive capsulitis is common enough at a certain stage of life that it's called "fifty shoulder," meaning a shoulder ailment that tends to develop sometime during one's fifties or beyond. Read more
Though this video was made before the recent sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline, it provides a clear explanation of why Germany has a serious gas problem, and should serve as a cautionary tale for other nations that are considering fully doing away with reliable sources of affordable energy, including nuclear power plants. Read more
One snowy day in early 1993, I made my way to a subway station near the University of Toronto, ready to go home after a long day of classes. My heart sank when I opened my wallet to find that I had run out of subway tokens. With no credit card or cash to my name, I thought over my options and decided that the best action was to ask for help. Read more
With our young teenage boys thinking more about what lies ahead for them, I jotted down the following thoughts which I shared with them earlier today: Read more
Unfortunately, the energy crisis throughout much of Europe is unfolding as expected. Utility bills have soared as much as 10-fold in some parts of Europe over the past several months, with some companies being forced to reduce operating hours and lay off workers due to prohibitive energy costs.
The U.S. Central Bank, desperate to bring inflation down, has increased their fed funds rate by 0.75% three consecutive times since June, bringing the current rate to 3.25% with a stated goal of getting the rate up to 4.5%. Read more
There is a primal reassurance in being touched, in knowing that someone else, someone close to you, wants to be touching you. There is a bone-deep security that goes with the brush of a human hand, a silent, reflex-level affirmation that someone is near, that someone cares.
