You don’t need to get a prescription from your doctor to drink coffee, but doctors may be recommending it one day. Why? It seems that coffee may be a good preventative for many illnesses, not the least of which is prostate cancer.
Two studies out of Harvard University have suggested that daily coffee consumption may decrease the risk of developing prostate cancer. One of the studies was presented this week at a conference of the American Association for Cancer Research. This one showed that that men who drank the most coffee  (six or more cups per day) were 59% less likely …read more

Today, on the TTC (the transit system in Toronto), I paid $6 for a small bouquet of white tulips. Proceeds of the sales were going to Parkinson’s.
The TTC platforms see all sorts of sales from pizza slices to eco-friendly bags, each supporting various charities. I often pass by and regret not spending a few dollars for a worthwhile cause. So today, when I heard Parkinson’s, and after my roommate told me she worried that her family was seeing the first signs of Parkinson’s in her father, I decided to take the time and the money.
The tulip is the flower that …read more