Why so many allergies? Why are allergies increasing? (no conclusions available, just general awareness…Would like a good quote from an expert…)
Kitchen fires and household burns—prevention and treatment
Myths your mom may have passed along to you:
Following are common pieces of medical advice handed down to kids
by well-meaning adults. They are not true.
1. Cracking your knuckles causes arthritis.
a. It may be annoying to everyone within range, but no studies have ever been conducted that show a relationship between arthritis and knuckle cracking
b. You can stretch and damage ligaments…From Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center: There is no evidence that cracking knuckles causes any damage such as arthritis in the joints. However, a couple of reports in the medical literature are available associating knuckle cracking with injury of the ligaments surrounding the joint or dislocation of the tendons (attachments of muscles to bones) which improved with conservative treatment. A study found that after many years of cracking habitual knuckle crackers may have reduced grip strength compared with people not cracking their knuckles.
2. Don’t swim for an hour after eating
a. No formal recommendations from American Red Cross, AAP, or the Consumer Product Safety Commission
b. Very small additional risk, e.g. a huge meal is eaten just before swimming can result in vomiting and if the swimmer is in trouble, drowning is more likely
3. Eating chocolate makes acne worse
a. No foods have been proven to cause acne
b. Some research indicates that a bit of chocolate can actually fight acne
4. Starve a fever, feed a cold
a. Second is good advice: need lots of liquids and nourishment to get over a bad cold
b. First is bad advice: if you have a fever you also need lots of liquids and good nourishment
When in doubt about the validity of homespun advice, ask your doctor or other health care professional at the nearest Saint Alphonsus clinic…
Follow-up story on Express Care
Taking charge of your health and working with your provider team when things go wrong
Staph can be anywhere
HealthWorks story list
Stress and work (lead story)
Scaffolds and planks--stemming from a story of a worker who fell three stories from a plank that was loose and dilapidated
The power of nature
Slides, cave-ins, floods, electrical storms. Wait til it happens?
Who’s afraid of big bad staph?
Crushing injuries—when something heavy lands on a person
Waist management, a top priority for workers
Micron story, a primary care clinic at work
Ice hazards
BLS statistics show decline in work-related injuries
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