We’ve all heard it: modern day eating habits are making us fat, stupid, and sick. Even if you have the discipline to eat only healthy food, eating too fast can cause weight gain, brain fog, illness, and fatique.

Our brains don’t trigger a sense of fullness until about 20 minutes into a meal. The faster you eat, the more you eat. The more you eat the more weight you gain.

Remember when your mother told you not to eat too fast? Now a high tech fork has bottled that wisdom by buzzing whenever it detects you are eating too quickly.

Presenting the HAPIfork!

Hapifork allows you to monitor and reduce the speed at which you eat your meals. Slowing down and paying attention are important steps in creating healthier eating habits.

Here’s how it works: HAPIfork records when you touch your fork to your mouth, and can tell how long the interval is between each fork serving. Read more...

We’ve all heard it: modern day eating habits are making us fat, stupid, and sick. Even if you have the discipline to eat only healthy food, eating too fast can cause weight gain, brain fog, illness, and fatique.

Our brains don’t trigger a sense of fullness until about 20 minutes into a meal. The faster you eat, the more you eat. The more you eat the more weight you gain.

Remember when your mother told you not to eat too fast? Now a high tech fork has bottled that wisdom by buzzing whenever it detects you are eating too quickly.

Presenting the HAPIfork!

Hapifork allows you to monitor and reduce the speed at which you eat your meals. Slowing down and paying attention are important steps in creating healthier eating habits.

Here’s how it works: HAPIfork records when you touch your fork to your mouth, and can tell how long the interval is between each fork serving. Read more...

Casey and Joanie visit with RN and CNA Presidents Council Member, Zenei Cortez about the “CNA Nursing Angels Family Fund” established by the California Nurses Association for the victims of the horrible limousine fire that occurred on the San Mateo Bridge here in Northern California. The news of the death of two RNs and three other caregivers in the tragic limousine fire brought deep sadness to everyone. Zenei will talk about the fund and how people can donate. For more information about this topic visit calnurses.org. Read more...

Oh my, what a lively discussion! A recent census report shows the average male nurse earns almost $10,000 a year more than the average female nurse. Although 90% of registered nurses in America are women, they don’t think of male nurses as underdogs. But who better to discuss the topic than Shayne and Casey! Luckily we bring some sanity to the conversation with Boston RN and NNU Co-President, Karen Higgins.

And moving right along, check THIS out: God Helps Me Pee: A Patient Story…

An old man and his daughter go to the nurse practitioner for his monthly checkup. During the examination, the nurse practitioner asks how his nightly incontinence is.

“It’s fine,” says the old man. “I just get up and go to the bathroom, and God turns on the light for me.”

Listen to the show for the rest of the story!

Does your doctor really want to discuss your weight? Read more...

Oh my, what a lively discussion! A recent census report shows the average male nurse earns almost $10,000 a year more than the average female nurse. Although 90% of registered nurses in America are women, they don’t think of male nurses as underdogs. But who better to discuss the topic than Shayne and Casey! Luckily we bring some sanity to the conversation with Boston RN and NNU Co-President, Karen Higgins.

And moving right along, check THIS out: God Helps Me Pee: A Patient Story…

An old man and his daughter go to the nurse practitioner for his monthly checkup. During the examination, the nurse practitioner asks how his nightly incontinence is.

“It’s fine,” says the old man. “I just get up and go to the bathroom, and God turns on the light for me.”

Listen to the show for the rest of the story!

Does your doctor really want to discuss your weight? Read more...

A show so important we are playing it again. California RN Sherri Stoddard, a veteran nurse with 31 years of labor and delivery on her resume. Sherri is passionate about her career and no less passionate about the health of her community and the country. She talks with us about the health and safety effects of the proposed Keystone Pipeline, and why nurses and healthcare professionals are opposed to it. Whether you are for or against the pipeline, the truth is there are short and long term health and environmental effects that all of us should be aware of. Sherri Stoddard also sits on the Board of Directors of the California Nurses Association.

And later—Bay Area health and fitness legend, Joanie Greggains will be in studio with us. Joanie will talk about her new segment called “Fit Happens.” The segment is heard only on Nurse Talk. Read more...

A show so important we are playing it again. California RN Sherri Stoddard, a veteran nurse with 31 years of labor and delivery on her resume. Sherri is passionate about her career and no less passionate about the health of her community and the country. She talks with us about the health and safety effects of the proposed Keystone Pipeline, and why nurses and healthcare professionals are opposed to it. Whether you are for or against the pipeline, the truth is there are short and long term health and environmental effects that all of us should be aware of. Sherri Stoddard also sits on the Board of Directors of the California Nurses Association.

And later—Bay Area health and fitness legend, Joanie Greggains will be in studio with us. Joanie will talk about her new segment called “Fit Happens.” The segment is heard only on Nurse Talk. Read more...

Casey and Joanie visit with RN and CNA President’s Council member, Zenei Cortez about the CNA Nursing Angels Family Fund established by the California Nurses Association for the victims of the horrible limousine fire that occurred on the San Mateo Bridge here in Northern California. The news of the death of two RNs and three other caregivers in the tragic limousine fire brought deep sadness to everyone. Zenei will talk about the fund and how people can donate. For more information about this topic visit calnurses.org. Read more...

Oh my, what a lively discussion! A recent Census Report shows the average male nurse earns almost $10,000 a year more than the average female nurse. Although 90% of registered nurses in America are women, they don’t think of male nurses as underdogs. But who better to discuss the topic than Shayne and Casey! Luckily we bring some sanity to the conversation with Boston RN and NNU Co-President, Karen Higgins. Read more...

Sitting in for Shayne is popular Bay Area health and fitness expert Joanie Greggains. Most of you in the San Francisco Bay Area know Joanie as the popular host of The Joanie Greggains Show on KGO Radio for 25 years, the #1 weekend health and fitness show. She is also known for her long-running TV exercise show, Morning Stretch. And now she is under Nurse Talk house arrest and does a weekly feature called “Fit Happens.”

Casey and Joanie visit with RN and CNA Presidents Council Member, Zenei Cortez about the “CNA Nursing Angels Family Fund” established by the California Nurses Association for the victims of the horrible limousine fire that occurred on the San Mateo Bridge here in Northern California. The news of the death of two RNs and three other caregivers in the tragic limousine fire brought deep sadness to everyone. Zenei will talk about the fund and how people can donate. Read more...