Things We Should Know

Every day we are bombarded with information. A great deal of it is about medicine. Most times it is contradictory. Red wine is good for you. Red wine is bad for you. Coffee is good for men. Coffee is bad for woman. And lets all just write off Chinese food. Too salty and fried. Our brains take in all of the information and even if it thinks that it does not relate to them, it stores it for future use. It does this all by itself, without any help on our part. My parents are in their late 80's. They are still as sharp as they were, in their 50's, even though they can't always remember what they had for breakfast. Last night, my father had a heart attack. My mother kept calm, and her  memory bank told her to give him 2 aspirin immediately. She did so, and it was a lifesaver. EMS was so impressed that she had the common sense to even know about the aspirin. He is in the hospital and should be fine, thanks, in part, to my mother. I guess knowing what you had for breakfast is irrelevant, as long as you know the real important things in life.