I expect that you have heard that cantaloupes from a specific farm in the USA are responsible for some cases of listeria poisoning. The ac...
Rising Health Premiums
Rising Health Premiums I am trying to blog from a website so let us see if it works. I do not have the features I am used to - my font pref...
Odds and Ends
Natural - I continue to be amazed (or encouraged) when I hear topics long ago addressed in this blog, receiving headline and network news at...
obesity = diabetes = alzheimers or obesity = cancer
Both actually. Research shows a link between obesity and diabetes and diabetes is related to Alzheimer's Disease. Obesity is associated...
A better My Plate
I knew this would come and I am thrilled to present it to you with a link to learn more. As I said a month or so ago, the My Plate healthy e...
Water and Boxes
I saw another of the recycling bins on my campus today. This one is in the lobby of the rec center - a place I go more often and I took a p...
Odds and Ends
Battery Recycling - I was depositing a check in the ATM in the Student University Center this week and I noticed a big plastic box in a cor...
Exercise Challenges and Milestones
Wouldn't you like to have someone with whom to share your trials and tribulations of exercise? Perhaps you do have someone. I do share...
Green Beans
There is so very much to comment on these days - from my course (sexual health), my assistantship (alcohol and other drugs), politics (HPV) ...
The Bad Food Researchers Respond
Just a couple months ago, I posted t his blog regarding a research study that was conducted by several scientists from Harvard and included...
Sex Ed Video
I showed my college level class a video tonight. I then began a discussion with these prompts: Like/Dislike Realistic? As an educator or p...
Research and Policy Intersect with Public Media
Boyd Swinburn is the Alfred Deakin Professor of Population Health and Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre f...
From little time to more - Listing of opportunities for you
INVOLVED!!!! Come spend time with us at WHEP . 1. Get information about a topic you are learning about or exploring. Just stop in - check wi...
Vending Machines
I am working on vending machine issues with two different groups in different settings. One involves a group of highschools and the other ...
Odds and Ends
Bone Drugs - The FDA has been reviewing several popular drugs that are used in the prevention of osteoporatic fracture and preventing bone d...
Volunteerism and Its Unitended Benefits
According to Wikipedia a greenway is a long, narrow piece of land, often used for recreation and pedestrian and bicycle user traffic. The ...
Pills are for Illnesses
I have little time to blog - but let me say this: When public health people such as myself, or researchers in general, start discussing an i...
The Rapist is Responsible for the Rape (PERIOD)
Perhaps you are familiar with the Toronto story, but I was not. I learned about it by reading a flyer posted to the bathroom stall in one o...
I know what I said.....
Go right ahead and click on this link and read the last paragraph. Remember those SHOES - well I bought a pair - sort of. I did not buy...
Odds and Ends
And tonight - a special episode of O&E- Notable Moments and Errata in Sexual Research (late 19th to mid 20th century+) Freud - He is...
The Protective Factor of Meal Planning
When Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) are creating interventions or programs regarding disease or wellness, they often consider...