“I'm sorry if I have asked you these questions before...we just got a new electronic medical record system and we have to update everything...hold on, I need to find the right box to click...” Have you had a healthcare provider offer you this type of apology recently? The implementation of Electronic Medical or Health Records, known as EMRs or EHRs was spurred by President Bush’s initiative in 2004 to improve the nation’s healthcare information technology and became a key feature of the

We will be the voice that sings behind you. The receiving end of a phone call “no , you are not alone” “no, you are not broken.” We will run forward to greet you and together, we will dance like wild fire because there is reason to celebrate. We will be. We will finally be. We’ll see you tomorrow. This is the last stanza of poem written by Sierra DeMulder and Tonya Ingram in honor of Word Suicide Prevention Day, which is Saturday, September 10. Organized by the International Association for

Do you do the cobra? How about downward facing dog? Happy Baby? Namaste, y’all. This is National Yoga Awareness Month. Yoga, an ancient practice and meditation, has become increasingly popular in the United States. You might be thinking that you’re aware of yoga, but you don’t have the flexibility to give it a try. You could be an ideal yoga student. Yoga has many styles, forms and intensities. Some of the restorative styles don’t involve balance poses or twisting yourself into a pretzel. But,

What if the best beauty product cost practically nothing and was as easy to obtain as turning on the faucet? Can drinking water help you lose weight and give you beautiful skin? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are careful about making such claims..The CDC acknowledges the danger of dehydration and the importance of drinking water to keep your temperature normal, lubricate and cushion joints, protect your spinal cord, and gets rid of bodily wastes. The mere act of drinking water

Did you know that the term “dog days of summer” actually has nothing to do with canines? Jon Katz, author of Dog Days says it actually goes back to the Romans belief that Sirius, the brightest star in the “big dog” constellation rose with the sun to create great days of heat. However, dogs may know how to better deal with hot days than humans do...they find shade and lay down, while we just go about our busy lives. Do you know how to tell when you are too darn hot? Johns Hopkins School of

How many mosquito bites have you already received this summer? While most of the time, mosquitos just provide us with itchy annoyance, according to the World Health Organization, of all disease-transmitting insects, the mosquito is the greatest menace, spreading malaria, dengue and yellow fever, which together are responsible for several million deaths and hundreds of millions of cases every year. The mosquito became even more infamous recently due to it being the source of transmission of the

Would you like to eat with a blanket over your head? How about enjoying your lunch in a bathroom stall? These are the conditions in which many babies are made to eat when their moms breastfeed. It’s World Breastfeeding Week. Because babies who are breastfed have fewer infections, lower rates of asthma. and smaller risks for childhood obesity, The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that babies be exclusively breastfed---meaning no additional foods or fluids other than breast milk--- for