I love it when things line up just right, when several different events happen at about the same time in such a way that they can be woven into bigger story that makes a great blog post. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always happen, and National Nutrition Month is one such example. I am trying to get this blog post done before the end of the day when National Nutrition Month ends. There are plenty of other health issues that will take…
Well, it has been a long month with a lot going on, so I’ve put off things that I’m not excited about until the last minute. I guess that is something we all do, especially people over fifty. You see, this month is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month which serves as a reminder to get a colonoscopy. Over 30% of Connecticut residents over 50 have never been screened for colon cancer and colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer…
This afternoon, Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, spoke with Mark and Margaret on Conversations on Health Care. She spoke about Planned Parenthood’s role in expanding access to health care for women, men and teens. The conversation moved beyond the current political debate in Washington to the underlying health care needs of Americans. You can listen to the audio archive on the CHCRadio website as well as check out the Live Tweets from during the show.
Channel 11 out of Atlanta is running an article that starts Tuesday’s pollen is the worst it has been all year long as levels have almost tripled since Monday. The latest pollen count is 2258, which puts the count into the extremely high category. The worst contributing factors are Ash, Birch, Mulberry and Oak pollen. Pollen count is typically the number of grains of pollen per cubic meter of air, and 2258 is very high. WebMD’s map of Today’s Overall…
A few weeks ago, Margaret Flinter, Senior Vice President and Clinical Director of the Community Health Center, Inc. sent me an email suggesting that I ‘might really benefit from participating in’ the Stress Reduction Program that Beth Roth, MSN, runs at CHC. I suspect she was suggesting a source of material about unique and interesting programs that CHC offers, perhaps, even a chance to meet some fascinating CHC patients, and not a commentary on whether I have been appearing stressed…
Monday morning was dark and rainy. The melting snow added to the problems as flooding started to spread across parts of Connecticut. It seemed like just about everyone I was talking with was having a rough day. Was it just because it was a rainy Monday, or were there other things in play, like Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)? The latest Patient Resource File explores SAD and what people can do about it. Friends have suggested that I might suffer from…