Missouri officials say schools are prepared for swine flu

As of now, there are two confirmed swine flu cases in Missouri, but officials say that both schools and day care centers have increased preparations to prevent the virus from spreading.
Schools are trying to inform students about the virus and the best ways to protect themselves from it. According to an article published in the [...]

Swine flu 411

Both the Columbia Missourian and CNN have posted Q&A articles about swine flu. Here are summaries of some of the answers from those articles that I believe are most relevant:
•No, you cannot get swine flu from properly-cooked pork. Do not fear for your bacon.
•Swine flu is spread the same way as the regular flu — [...]

Some patients fight the stigma as well as the disease

Before I begin this blog post I feel I should put a disclaimer for the sake of transparency: my mother died of lung cancer when I was 16. She never smoked.
That being said, I found a recent package of audio/photo interviews with lung cancer patients from NY Times online very informative and moving. I know [...]

Inches add up

A recent New York Times article discusses new research that shows that increased waist size, even for those who are not overweight, increases the risk of heart disease.
“The researchers measured waist size, waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height ratio, and BMI, or body mass index, a weight-to-height ratio. All four measures were associated with heart disease, but waist [...]

A page a day…

Being a college student living and breathing stress, I feel obligated to others like me to continue updating on stress research. According to an article in the UK’s Telegraph newspaper, reading is better at relieving stress than other relaxing activities.
Based on research done at the University of Sussex, the article states, “Psychologists believe this is [...]