http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Ron+McCluskey Wellness, Fitness and Diet Ron McCluskey Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=60427&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet As an emergency room physician, I've had my share of sleepless nights. Trying to get to sleep knowing you will have to get up in thirty minutes to read x-rays and interpret laboratory resorts makes it hard to relax and get to sleep. So, how do you get to sleep when you just get more and more frantic... Recreation Ron McCluskey Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=57840&ca=Recreation Those of us in western civilizations are accustomed to a large variety of instruments. However, there are many types of instruments that you will never see in any orchestra. They are, however, worth your consideration, both for their uniqueness of structure, but of sound. One of the things that I re... Womens Interest Ron McCluskey Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=57859&ca=Womens+Interest A young lady in a baseball uniform recently came to see me in the emergency room. She had pain in her knees that had been increasing over the last few weeks. It had gotten to the point that she was actually limping. What to do? A brief exam and a couple of x-rays later and we knew what the problem w... Travel Ron McCluskey Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=58979&ca=Travel While staying in Villahermosa, we frequently went to La Venta to see the giant Olmec heads and wildlife there. (I'll get to the airstream story in a minute.) There were wild monkeys in the trees. We never saw monkeys ouside of a park. But here, you could watch them. There were large termite nests on... Travel Ron McCluskey Wed, 28 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=55875&ca=Travel Have you ever gone to the beach and had such terrible weather that you had to just stay inside and do nothing? How about going to your favorite beach and it was so crowded that you couldn't even turn around? Well, read on, because I'm going to tell you about a spot in the center of enough great opti... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Ron McCluskey Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=54159&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet There is a lot of information available that claims that the body needs your help keeping your liver clean. They claim that the liver becomes toxic and there must be certain things done to detoxify it. There are even special diets that will get rid of your gallstones. But, the truth is that the live... Internet Ron McCluskey Sun, 11 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=53348&ca=Internet Those that were around for the beginning of the world wide web will remember that the groundbreaking concept that fueled its explosion was the hyperlink. The hyperlink seems commonplace today, but it is still the glue that holds the internet together. Where would you be if you could not click on a l... Short Stories Ron McCluskey Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=50347&ca=Short+Stories One of the truly inexpensive ways to travel is with a group doing volunteer work of some type. Several years ago, my wife, oldest son and I were able to travel to Sarawak, Malaysia on the island of Borneo. We went with a group of mostly high school students that was going to build a church. My wife... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Ron McCluskey Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=52383&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet You may be wondering what a prion is and why you should care. Well, your ears might perk up a lot if you hear the words - 'Mad Cow Disease'. That disease is caused by a transmissible prion. Prion related diseases have been recognized for years. However, until recently we did not realize what caused... Short Stories Ron McCluskey Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=52501&ca=Short+Stories One spring morning in 1977, we crawled out of our tent - relieved that the sun brought an end to a night of hiding from sand fleas. We had made the mistake of camping behind a sand dune and not right on the beach. At dusk, the sand fleas came out and started biting. The mosquito netting on the tent...