Best Of Nurse Talk: Stuffed Dog. ROBOTS. Jolly Green Giant. Just do it.
Ahhhh, technology! It’s a very good thing, but when are we going too far? Should ROBOTS replace doctors and nurses? Can they diagnose and treat patients? Well it’s already happening in some hospitals. Get the good, the bad, and the ugly on this emerging trend […]
Health Do’s for Your Diet Don’ts
We all go off course every now and then. You try to live right and eat healthy and do what you know you should and then temptation creeps in. Well, we know all too well how that goes: the guilt sets in and you beat […]
What’s Your State’s Healthy Life Expectancy?
A new study suggests that where you live greatly influences your “healthy life expectancy” (HLE), a term used to describe not only how long people live, but how healthily they live. It estimates how long a person can be expected to live in good health at a given age. […]
Reprieve
Last week my platelet counts had not recovered enough to begin cycle 8, so I was sent home without my chemotherapy. Its nice to have had a break, I think. Today I go back in for a blood draw and we’ll see what the future […]
When Do Athletes Need Sports Drinks?
We all know that we should stay hydrated while we work out, but how? It seems that there are as many sports drinks as there are athletes on the market. Many sports drinks distributors claim that these beverages improve athletic performance. We spoke to registered […]
Doctors prefer Camels. Global Nurse Movement. Psychiatrist and the Proctologist. ACA Myth-ectomy.
Doctors prefer Camels In 1947, R.J. Reynolds commissioned a survey among more than 100,000 doctors, asking the key question, “What cigarette do YOU smoke, Doctor?” However, BEFORE the survey was sent out, all of those doctors received free samples of Camel cigarettes. Naturally, when the […]
Surviving Cancer & The Relay for Life – ACS Event
http://vimeo.com/13682144 In today’s world, we are all too familiar with cancer. Many of us have had it, or know someone close who has. In this episode Corine & Patti talk to their good friend and two time cancer survivor, Debbie Meade. She talks about her […]
Five Fool-proof Ways to Make a Workout Fly By
Do you wish that workouts didn’t seem to last forever? You have a lot of company. Believe it or not, research actually shows that people enjoy exercise more than they think they will. There are many physical and mental reasons to exercise on a regular […]
A Gift of Joy
My mother kept a diary her whole life. In the last couple of years her entries in her diary would only be a few lines, but what wonderful lines! Like “A beautiful day,” or “Missy took me to McDonald’s, had so much fun.” Her last […]