I shouldn’t laugh but I did find this story funny when I read it. First, as horrible as leprosy is only 5 % of the population is susceptible and that’s with very close and repeated contact with it. Secondly, researchers just found that while it was once thought to transmit only person to person, they’ve…
Cost of Food Pathogens by Rank
Meat contains the food pathogens that cost us the most money which includes doctor and hospital care, lost work days and lasting health problems. This includes poultry, pork, beef among other products. Researchers used data from the feds to link the parasites, bacteria, and viruses with the food that has the most of them the…
Senior Living
This home is obviously one that is owned privately , not by a church or government. Which means that bottom line for these people is profit at any cost to seniors. I will bet you that this was all happening in the evening or night time when staff was unsupervised or supervised by some one…
Another Senior Living Home Shut Down
I feel furious about seniors being abused and/or neglected. I worked as an Activities Director at two different nursing homes. This story comes to us out of Pennsylvania. This is about an elderly woman who lived in one of this companies senior care living facilities. A senior care living facility is right in between a…
Tips on Sunscreen
Now that we have hopes of sun and warm days ahead soon, the Skin Cancer Foundation has these tips. “Choose a sunscreen with an SPF (sun protection factor) of at least 15. Apply sunscreen to children’s skin, as long as they are at least 6 months old. Children younger than 6 months should not be…
Man Stuck to Couch
Authorities discovered an obese man who was stuck to his couch. He lived with his girlfriend and supposedly another person but for over two years was unable even with her assistance to get up from where he was sitting. From what I read he was covered in feces, urine, maggots, and other horrible things that…
Birthday
I hope that everybody survived yesterday, April Fools Day, and didn’t get too crazy with their jokes and pranks. Tomorrow is my birthday and honestly I don’t really know exactly how old I am. Of course I know the year and could do the math, but is it really that important? I know I’m in…
You Don’t Have To Be An Addict
My family member who was/is an addict is doing much better. Clean for more than at least a week, she is now registering for college and has a career goal. She is also making amends with people she’s wronged and is trying to avoid all the heartache and drama that goes with being an addict….
Light It Up Blue Campaign
April is autism awareness month and blue is the color that some large buildings will be displaying throughout the month for the disorder. The numbers are now one in 110 nation wide and one in 98 in the state of Georgia. These are the numbers of autism and related disorders in children. I’m sure that…
The Cost of Addiction
Drugs are not cheap and for an addict the money for them has to come from somewhere. How many of us want who have addicts in our families want for them to quit and become clean again? Yet how many of us also enable their drug use by giving them money. We can call it…