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Life is a journey and we all have our own set of experiences. What some of us have to bear is seemingly insignificant compared to others. And while one can never truly compare oneself to others, perhaps we have never been hit by a Tsunami or an earthquake and chances are we do [...]

Tags: dede tree man, giving thanks, Indonesian tree man, Java tree man, rare skin conditions, reflections, thoughts, Tree Man

To All My Wonderful Readers:
My Holiday Wish for you – Have a wonderful holiday and many Blessings for the New Year.
May 2010 be the best year yet!
Love,
Catherine

If you are a book lover you already know, your most precious books cannot be priced. They are simply, treasures. I am fortunate to have a number of dear ‘reads’. My dear family and friends know if you see me, a book is nearby.
If you are seeking simple pleasures to [...]

Tags: spiritual books, spiritual reading

Here’s something to think about, the relationship between no-thing and things. Enjoy.

Tags: Alan Watts, concept of nothing, mysticism, philosophy, tao

Have you heard about the man who grew a tree, in his lung? This is not a bad comedy joke. A seed got inside his body and sprouted. Yes, a fir tree. Unlike Dede, labeled “the tree man of Java” because of huge wart like growths on his body giving him [...]

Tags: man growing tree in lung, odd medical news, weird medical stories

03/16/2009

JAKARTA — An Indonesian man dubbed the “tree man” because of gnarled growths on his body has
returned from hospital after six kilograms (13 pounds) of warts were surgically removed from his body, a doctor said on Tuesday.
Dede, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, first noticed the warts on his body after cutting his [...]

Tags: Java tree man, odd medical news, rare skin conditions, Tree Man, warts

A year has passed and now this blog is one year old today!
Happy Birthday Continuum Wellness News Blog. As any blogger knows, blogging can be quite time intensive, so at times we blog more and other times less, but blog we will. Yea.
Peace and love

Peanut allergies can be deathly.  Seemingly no one knows why.  This may be partly due to a lack of connecting the dots and the partiality of some who do “research”.  As food for thought this article (here) provides some possible causes for this hypersensitivity.

Tags: cause of peanut allergy, children and peanut allergies, family health, infants, peanut allergies

American children are three times more likely to be prescribed psychotropic medications for conditions such as ADHD and bipolar disease than European children are, a new study finds.
Differences in regulatory practices and cultural beliefs about the benefit of medication for emotional and behavioral problems may explain this dramatic difference, the U.S. researchers added.
“There is significantly [...]

Tags: ADD, ADHD, children mental health, Prozac, psychotropic medications children, ritalin, stimulants

According to a recently released study black women who undergo tubal sterilization as a means to prevent future pregnancies are more likely than white women to regret the decision.
Tubal sterilization is considered to be a permanent procedure, while it can be undone, this only happens rarely due to a number of factors. [...]

Tags: African American women, black women, ethnic health disparity, post sterilization doubts, racial disparity, sterilization regret, tubal ligation