The Saturday Evening Post articles from March 2001

The Saturday Evening Post archives from March 2001

Letters.
March 1, 2001... Unsightly Fingernails I have just finished reading the article "Tender Loving Care for a Healthier You" in the Jan./Feb. issue, and I have some questions. I have had problem nails as long as I can remember They split and break. I can, in...

Post People.(Scott Hamilton; Bill and Gloria Gaithe; Glenn Close; Arnold Schwarzenegger)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Scott Hamilton has a thing about winning. It be in 1981 when the future king of the rink finished first in the World Championships and went on to pile up 16 consecutive firsts, topped off by a gold medal in the 1984 Olympics. As a...

HEARTY SOUPS.(Recipe)
March 1, 2001... They-stick to your ribs but won't clog your arteries. The poet Robert Crawford wrote about a soup "so thick you could shake its hand and stroll with it before dinner." He was describing a traditional Scotch broth, a delicious concoction of...

KEEPING TABS ON YOUR HEART.(equipment that helps monitor heart disease and treat heart problems)
March 1, 2001... High-tech devices can help you improve cardiac fitness and may save your life. AEDs: Lifesaving Made Simple They look a bit like children's toys, but automated external defibrillators (AEDs) can generate an electric shock strong enough...

TIPS FOR VIBRANT HEALTH AND BEAUTY AT EVERY AGE.(information about colds and how pets help people)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Combating Colds Cold weather doesn't cause colds. But spending more time close together indoors increases the risk of contracting one of the more than 200 viruses known to cause cold symptoms. In addition, low indoor humidity--which dries...

TEN MINUTES TO FITNESS!(health benefits of exercise)
March 1, 2001... What you can--and can't--expect to gain from short bouts of exercise. Forget the notion that exercise sessions must last 20 to 60 minutes to get you fit. "This is completely unrealistic for most people," says Glenn A. Gaesser, a...

DEALING WITH THE DOCTOR.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... "Oh, hello, Doctor. Yes, your prescription worked wonders. George is back to his old self again." "No, my life didn't flash before my eyes--I just kept seeing old reruns of `I Love Lucy.'" "Ooh, there's a scary one on at 11... Attack...

POST SCRIPTS.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Love Potion In the factory they make perfume. In the store they sell romance. --Sam Ewing Momisms My mother taught me religion: "You better pray that will come out of the carpet." My mother taught me logic: "Because I...

LIVING ON THE EDGE.(Rev. Robert Schuller)(Interview)
March 1, 2001... With his 33rd book ready for publication, Robert Schuller celebrates two golden anniversaries: 50 years of ministry and 50 years of marriage. When Rev. Robert Schuller and his wife, Arvella, renewed their wedding vows last June before a...

THE NATURAL SUPERIORITY OF THE MULE or, Why Uncle Mule Can Out-jump Your Horse.
March 1, 2001... The hard-working mule is probably the most unappreciated, misunderstood, and unfairly maligned domestic animal in this animal-loving country. The following can be considered an apology to one of our most faithful and important servants and...

PUTTING STROKES ON ICE.(lowering of body temperature in treatment of stroke patients)
March 1, 2001... Scientists are discovering that lowering the body temperature of stroke victims can save lives and reduce brain damage. Three years ago, Cleo Medders spent Christmas weekend in the hospital, undergoing evaluation for a mysterious series of...

While Waiting for the Ambulance ...(first aid for stroke patients and techniques for induced hypothermia)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... If you think you are having a stroke, don't wait to see if your symptoms get better. Call 911. And then call your doctor. Stroke symptoms vary based on where in your brain the stroke has occurred. Feelings of numbness or weakness are common...

ANYONE FOR PEANUTS SOUP?(cookery in the Southern States)(Column)
March 1, 2001... One never thinks of this when moving south, but one's stomach goes right along with him... often to its regret. If I'm not mistaken, though it's a possibility, there's a line in Robert Benchley's My Ten Years in a Quandary that goes like...

Our Brush With the Law.(illustrations of police officers)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Some of our readers may be Puritans who have never had words with a policeman; for others, one or two of these Post covers will call up scenes they remember all too well. You'll have to take our word for it. Post cover artists of the past...

HEAVENLY HUMOR: AS SEEN IN CHURCH BULLETINS.(printing errors in church publications)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Unintended humor knows no denomination, as can be seen in these bloopers collected from churches around the country. Illustrated by Don Trawin * Wednesday the ladies liturgy will meet. Mrs. Johnson will sing "Put Me in My Little Bed"...

HEART OF THE MATTER.(cardiologist Seth Baum on therapies for prevention and treatment of heart diseases)(Interview)
March 1, 2001... Combining the best from conventional and complementary therapies, a cardiologist presents an innovative strategy to prevent and reverse heart disease. In his busy clinical practice, triple board-certified cardiologist Seth Baum has snaked...

SO WHAT'S EATING YOU?(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... "Ten pounds isn't bad. On my last diet I put on 12." "Not nutritious? Why, it says here it has a whole day's allowance of hypoposturatedmonosodaic acid, plus iron!" IT'S 10:00 PM... DO YOU KNOW WHERE TOUR WILLPOWER IS?! YESTERDAY...

Where do you think you are?(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] East or West, North or South, each of the distinctive areas above appears on the map of a single city, state, or province. In terms of routes, state parks, mountains, and memorials, there is, as the saying goes, "no...

You Be the Judge.(use of reasonable discretion in law enforcement)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Clarissa was shocked to find that her car, which she parked while on a lengthy shopping tour, had disappeared. She telephoned the police that it had been stolen. The sergeant's reply shocked her more. Her car hadn't been stolen, he said; it had...

MEDICAL MAILBOX.(brief notes)(Column)
March 1, 2001... Care for Your Colon My mother died of colon cancer. I was attending a meeting in New York when the fateful call came. "I have a pink stool, and the doctor says I have an apple-core lesion in my colon," she told me in a plaintive voice from...