Happy mid-August, everyone. August brings to our awareness specific conditions to include Children’s Eye Health and Safety, Gastroparesis, National Breastfeeding, National Immunizations, Psoriasis Action, and Summer Sun Safety months. Additionally, World Lung Cancer Day, World Breastfeeding Week, National Health Center Week, Contact Lens Health Week, and International Overdose Awareness Day. This month, we will focusContinue reading “National Health Awareness: Lung Cancer August 2025”
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National Health Awareness June 2025
June is my birth month. This year I listened to my friends and therapist and prioritized my needs (fishing and steam sessions have been wonderful). Thus, the blog took a few weeks’ break as a result and will serve for June and July. In previous Junes, we discussed aphasia, Alzheimer’s disease, migraines and headaches, andContinue reading “National Health Awareness June 2025”
National Health Awareness: Thin Bones – May 2025
Welcome to May! This year, we will focus on osteoporosis. In previous posts, we have covered hypertension, fitness, work wellness, mental health, and lupus. You can check those blog posts out below. Osteoporosis is a condition of decreased bone density. Our body is a dynamic place of constant remodeling. For our bones, we have cellsContinue reading “National Health Awareness: Thin Bones – May 2025”
National Health Awareness: March 2025 Bleeding Out
In previous years, we focused on HIV/AIDS and patient safety. This month, we are focusing on bleeding disorders and how to manage emergency bleeds- on a person in front of you. Let’s start by recognizing that our blood is amazing. Blood is a combination of plasma and cells. The blood cells include white blood cellsContinue reading “National Health Awareness: March 2025 Bleeding Out”
National Health Awareness February 2025: Cancer Prevention and Science
I hope that everyone is investing in their health and well-being. Remember, the first rule of Zombie-land is cardio. We focused on heart and organ donation in 2022 and 2023, respectively. Given the current societal climiate, national holidays, history, and scientific organizations are being reviewed. Therefore choosing a specific topic proved difficult. As a result,Continue reading “National Health Awareness February 2025: Cancer Prevention and Science”
Teacher, Mentor, Physician… Attending
In the beginning, we are all ignorant, carefree, and selfish infants. Through adversity, struggle, and learning, one slowly makes their way through life. If we do not share the lessons from our lives, the next generation will be destined to meet the same adversity, struggles, and are doomed to face the same lessons over andContinue reading “Teacher, Mentor, Physician… Attending”
Path to Homestead Part 3 (House and Barn Stuff)
Part 3 of the Path to Homestead series has been split between the housework in this post and the food-related work in last week’s post. While I was writing this post, it was clear that there was a lot of content to be covered. Though this trip was the most relaxing and fun so far,Continue reading “Path to Homestead Part 3 (House and Barn Stuff)”
Path to Homestead Part 3 (Garden and Harvest Stuff)
This first post is both for my own reference and to chronicle the thought processes, events, choices made, and lessons learned while developing our garden and livestock. The next post in a week will detail the home and barns. There are a million ways to plant crops from raised beds and direct sowing to aquaponics.Continue reading “Path to Homestead Part 3 (Garden and Harvest Stuff)”
Path to Homestead – Part Deux
As the drops of precipitation fell on my hoodie, a thought dawned; water is life, but it also rots wood and erodes foundations. A 100+-year-old farmhouse was stronger at the beginning of this trip than on my first trip. The first trip yielded gutters, sump pumps, and foundation work. The foundation project continues, and weContinue reading “Path to Homestead – Part Deux”
May 2022: National Health Awareness
Welcome to May! I hope that you have prepared your beach body because it is warming up and the COVID data still looks pretty good (new cases and deaths are down). May is quite the Awareness month comprised of American Stroke, Arthritis, Cystic Fibrosis, Better Hearing and Speech, Global Employee Health and Fitness, Healthy Vision,Continue reading “May 2022: National Health Awareness”