Returning To Abnormal

The one thing that I noticed as I get older is that my recuperative powers aren't what they used to be. I'm almost all the way back, about ninety percent back but still a little tired. Makes me really appreciate the efforts of all the elderly relatives that came to the reunion. Is that one thing you notice about getting older too?

Blog notes. Short entry today. Update Day returns next Sunday. Who Am I returns today. Blog should be back to normal within a couple of days. Or should I say the blog will be back to abnormal in a couple of days?

Today we are talking health issues. First up is an article about using an adults own stem cells to cure his or hers own illnesses and injuries. One story in the following article indicated a doctor was able to repair a broken ankle by using the man's own cells. You can read the full article here:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100802/ap_on_he_me/us_med_stem_cells

Now on to asthma and food. According to the following article sixty percent of asthma attacks in children and forty percent of asthma attacks in adults may be brought on by food allergies. The full article is here:

http://www.aolhealth.com/condition-center/asthma/asthma-diet?icid=main|htmlws-main-n|dl3|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aolhealth.com%2Fcondition-center%2Fasthma%2Fasthma-diet

I do think we risk a myriad of different side effects when we eat processed food but I just don't know how you avoid it. As to the use of adult stem cells, I am for whatever improves a person's health and lifestyle. What do you think? Your comments are always appreciated.

Who Am I

I was born in 1878 in California as one of twelve children to Bill and Anne. Arguably I am the first true industrial/organizational psychologist and was one of the first working female engineers to hold a PHD. I married Frank and we ended up being Cheaper By The Dozen as we had our planned twelve children. Eleven lived to adulthood. My husband and I were pioneers in the field of industrial engineering. I served as an advisor to Presidents Hoover, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson on matters of civil defense, war production and rehabilitation of the physically handicapped. I graduated from Hippie U with a both a BA and an MA. I completed my dissertation on The Psychology of Management to obtain my Ph.D from there but did not receive the degree because I was unable to complete the residency requirements. I later earned the Ph.D from an Ivy League University. It was the first degree granted in industrial psychology. After college my work combined the perspectives of an engineer, a psychologist, a wife, and a mother; I helped industrial engineers see the importance of the psychological dimensions of work.
On top of having twelve children, writing books, helping companies with their management skills, managing women consumers, I was instrumental in the design of a desk that was displayed at the Chicago World’s Fair. My most obvious work included the marketing research for Johnson & Johnson and my work to improve women’s spending decisions during the first years of the Great Depression. I was sometimes called "The First Lady of Engineering," and was the first woman elected into the National Academy of Engineering. I died in Arizona at age 94. Who Am I?