On Healthy Living

This may not actually have anything to do with healthy living, but I came across this story about the town of Sandwich, New Hampshire, changing its name to Blimpie for one day, Nov. 3, which happens to be World Sandwich Day, and I just couldn’t resist commenting.
The town gets a mere $250 for this […]

Oct. 29 is World Psoriasis Day, a global event to give an international voice to people with psoriasis and/or psoriatic arthritis.
According to Gail M. Zimmerman, president and CEO of the National Psoriasis Foundation, and vice chairman of IFPA, key message points for World Psoriasis Day help to raise awareness about the disease, educating the public […]

A friendly reminder: Daylight Saving Time ends in America at 2 a.m. Sunday. When you’re changing your clocks, remember to change the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors (and if you don’t have some, buy some!)
Although smoke alarms are present in 95 percent of American homes, 20 percent do not work due […]

A new study relesaed by the National Cancer Institute attributes 28 to 65 percent of the reduction in death rates from breast cancer to screening through mammograms.
The study comes out today in the New England Journal of Medicine. You can read more about it here.
The rest of the reduction in breast cancer deaths […]

Nearly half of all workers surveyed recently say they often come to work when they feel sick. Only 8 percent said they never go to work when they feel under the weather, according to a survey by staffing company OfficeTeam.
Nearly 600 people were surveyed. When asked how frequently they go to work when feeling […]

An FDA advisory commmittee ruled yesterday that antibacterial products are no more effective in preventing the spread of illness than plain old soap and water.
J.J. Wood, M.D., of Vanderbilt, chairman of the FDA’s Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee, said the committtee was unconvinced by testimony that antibacterial wipes and soaps were any more effective than […]

I’m a sucker for strange “days,” especially when there’s a useful point to them. This Friday, Oct. 21, is National Mammography Day, which encourages women to make their annual appointment for a mammogram.
According to BreastCancer.org, the early detection provided by mammograms reduces the risk of death from breast cancer by 35 percent in women […]

A recent study by University of Arizona microbiology professor Chuck Gerba made me go “Eeeewwww…” Turns out the biggest carrier of bacteria in the average hospital room is the television remote control.
The study compared the remote to the nurse call button, the toilet flusher, tray tables, hand rails, the door handle and other surfaces […]

What’s your definition of the word organic? If you’re like me, I would guess you think organic has something to do with food that is grown without the use of pesticides and that is not treated with chemicals of any kind at any point during the process of growing, harvesting, storing, transport or sale.
Well, […]