I cannot believe that this one almost past me by unawares! The FDA is expanding the requirements on posting calorie counts and other nutriti...
Resources for Reproductive Options Counseling
Here's an example of nuchal translucency on ultrasound So here's some very useful links (or how to be ready to respond to 'Dr. G...
Vectors and such
The best I can do for tonight is explain what the epidemiology class I assist with will be talking about tomorrow. This way I refresh my me...
Odds and Ends
New category - Problem of the Day - my printer won't work anymore and it won't even uninstall - sigh sigh I kept a little list this ...
My Topic Highlighted
As you know, I expect my life's work to be related to the prevention of obesity as it causes chronic disease and that chronic disease is...
Greenway Observations
I ventured out on my own this morning to explore the trails and greenways in my new home town. I know that I can find new places that I lov...
Universal Screening - Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence
Screen everyone. When it comes to violence and trauma - screen everyone. One of your classmates used the term 'exuberant' screening...
Temporary Plans Give Temporary Results
That sounds rather intuitive doesn't it and yet day after day in many a country people adopt a strategy for some goal and when they achi...
Hips and Knees
Okay - I am sitting on the couch with my newest laptop. I have been using it with my docking station but this is the first real time I hav...
Committment
I believe that I have finally found something that will keep me busy (i.e. grad school)! There is so much to say but I have so much to read...
Odds and Ends
Sexual Health - I have been holding on to this thought, wondering if I should make it a full blog post or just and O&E. You see where it...
Healthy Feels Good
Busy day today - drove about 35 minutes to the old par course I used to run on weekly. The park is very nice and has many memory trees and ...
Convenience Can Be Deadly
But first - I am so excited. Time Warner returned today and the technician, a real employee of TWC not an independent installer, found that...
Movement is an Analgesic
If you do not know what analgesic means or what an analgesic is - look it up. That is what my Dad would always say to me if I didn't kn...
Flu Shots! Flu Shots! get 'em here, get 'em, hot, get 'em now
Knowing I would be out and about for my Yoga class this evening, I jotted my notes for this post while waiting for assistance at Time Warner...
One Path To Women's Health Scholar
In my first year, the Women’s Health lecture series piqued my interest as a chance to learn about the real-world issues in women’s health. A...
Lifestyle Vision Exams
I wrote my notes for this post while at the social security office. I had downloaded and completed the form for a replacement card because ...
Heart Health and Women
Cardiac disease is an excellent example of sex/ gender health disparities. Cardiac disease is not unique in women - it is the number one kil...
A Billion Dollar Problem
I agree with a South Carolina politician who spoke about that state's obesity problem and the pilot program legislated to deal with it. ...
Smoothie Sunday
Ok - too preoccupied this week to really catch much for an odds and ends post and after last night I thought to keep this one a little more ...
I Act on Truths
My classes do not officially begin until August 23 but my first assignment has been made available to me and I have begun. In reviewing the ...
Endorphins are Involuntary
Dateline - UNCG, Bryan School of Business - No, I didn't change my major! I am in the auditorium with a couple hundred other "stude...
Not a Knee Solution
OK - got some things accomplished today - like a haircut and a bicycle purchase, oh and finished getting my apartment in order. I may attach...
Intimate Partner Violence - More and Deadlier For Women
Violence against women is an enormous health issue in the United States. According to an FBI report in 2001 , nearly a third of female homic...
Watch that Stomach
An eventful day, full to be sure, but alas I continue to feel like I accomplished little. Feelings are not facts however, so let us move on....
A Matter of Attitude
Dateline: Greensboro NC. Okay the truth must be told. I am only human. That is it. I am human and exhausted and worried and in a tizzy bu...
Odds and Ends
Dateline: Savannah, GA. Boo - I am tired. The day started at Mom's when I overflowed her toilet. Then SHE was cleaning the water up with...
medical marijuana
Dateline Bradenton, Fl : At the car wash where I can get on the Internet with my laptop. I am getting the car ready for the trip tomorrow. S...
It Ain't What You Shake
Dateline Sarasota: Last day of work.... Had a restive night, not used to the bed, the house, the whatnot - but Mom is very hospitable. Start...
Extending Retirement Age
Dateline: Sarasota Florida 9:10 a.m. The movers have arrived. By the time you read this post, I will be at my temporary shelter (Mom’s). I w...