Thursday 5 April 2012

10 Tips to healthy eating and physical activity for you.


10 Tips to healthy eating and physical activity for you.
  1. Start your day with breakfast.
    Breakfast fills your "empty tank" to get you going after a long night without food. And it can help you do better in school. Easy to prepare breakfasts include cold cereal with fruit and low-fat milk, whole-wheat toast with peanut butter, yogurt with fruit, whole-grain waffles or even last night's pizza!

  2. Get Moving!
    It's easy to fit physical activities into your daily routine. Walk, bike or jog to see friends. Take a 10-minute activity break every hour while you read, do homework or watch TV. Climb stairs instead of taking an escalator or elevator. Try to do these things for a total of 30 minutes every day.

Wednesday 30 November 2011

Get your shots, people!

So, apparently Americans are thinking it's all the rage to let their young'uns go to school without receiving the traditional panel of vaccinations. Check out the link here to the map that was compiled by the AP.

Needless to say, this is a public health problem. The fact of the matter is that our generation (yay, Millenials!) has never seen measles, polio, mumps, rubella, tetanus, and many other major infectious diseases in action. There's a reason these vaccines exist ... it's because the conditions they protect against are vicious, painful, and deadly.

Also, all myths about the autism-vaccine relationship can be dispelled by visiting this site, which explains how the British Medical Journal totally debunked the scientific studies that sparked all the hype. The scientist who authored the studies even admits that he doctored the data ... but no one seems to notice that small fact.

Ultimately, this has turned into a huge public health problem because of the bad decisions of one science professional. We should all take this as a warning; our ethical practices have the potential to affect millions of people, given the right conditions. I doubt that Dr. Wakefield thought he would prompt such an insane reaction to an insignificant finding, but here we are, struggling again to contain infectious diseases.

If people in third-world countries had access to these vaccines, there's no WAY they would turn them down.

Hey, America, your privilege is showing.

Thursday 17 November 2011


I forgot to tell you all ...


Today is the FIRST EVER National Rural Health Day! RPHSA, our student council, celebrated by inviting an active member of the Brazos Valley Community Action Agency, which administers the Community Health Clinic program in the local area.

Rural residents do indeed have special and specific needs. They can't always be grouped together as a whole (Alaska "rural" is vastly different from Texas "rural," for instance), but we need to recognize the unique attributes of these groups.

Rural public health essentially rocks. So get on board.

And Celebrate the Power of Rural!!!