A Good Under-Standing

As a college student on a large campus I walk…a lot. I am constantly on the move and I don’t always stop to think about how that affects my feet. Foot problems can be much more serious than many people realize. The feet affect the entire body and if problems arise they can lead to knee, hip and back problems just to name a few.

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 [...]

Catching heart defects early

As an aunt with two nieces, a nephew and another niece on the way, infantile diseases and complications terrify me. So I was understandably excited and concerned when I read this New York Times article about screening options for heart defects in newborns.
The U.S. has one of the highest infant mortality rates for any developed [...]

No where Medicare?

Over the past several weeks I had been working on an article on dental care for the under priviledged in Columbia and Boone County. While researching this article I discovered that few private practice dentists will accept Medicare/Medicaid patients. As I was reading the New York Times yesterday, I found an article saying the same [...]

The New Boom

The baby boomers have been dethrowned as the most populous generation in the U.S. The National Center for Health Statistics has recently released new data that shows more babies were born in 2007 than any other year in U.S. history.
Many theories are floating around as to why there was such a surge in births in [...]