Karen Gorby By Karen S. Gorby, RN, MSN, MBA, CENP, FACHE It’s May, and as we enjoy a beautiful spring — as well as the chance to get out and about more since we have been fortunate to have access to the COVID-19 vaccine — it promises to be quite different than last year’s. Twelve… Read More »
The word “spike” has become so familiar to us in the last year due to spikes in Covid-19 infections and admissions to hospitals. But there have been other ones running in parallel – spikes in alcohol deaths. Especially between April and September last year. And the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal… Read More »
President Joe Biden said that ending cancer was a bipartisan issue during his joint address to Congress on Wednesday. “I can think of no more worthy investment. I know of nothing that is more bipartisan,” Biden said. “So let’s end cancer as we know it. It’s within our power to do it.” BIDEN STRIKES OPTIMISTIC… Read More »
Many serious health problems are associated with obesity, including heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and high blood pressure. And new research suggests that the pandemic has had a detrimental effect on waistlines. “When the pandemic began and shelter in place orders were happening across the nation, it made us think about the effect those orders and… Read More »