But if that doesn’t convince your teen, maybe this will. Warning: The Video Below Is Extremely Graphic According to Distraction.gov, drivers who use hand-held devices are four times as likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves. Cell phone use while driving, whether it’s hand-held or hands-free, delays a driver’s reactions as much as...
Public Health
Why Can’t America Get Skinny?
It’s no secret that kids are getting fatter. They’re turning into fat adults (and for the record, I do not consider myself outside of this category). Have you watched this animated CDC map of the US obesity trend, illustrating the growth over the last 25 years? The term ‘jaw dropping’ is putting it mildly. ...
Countdown To Zero
There’s nothing like Bill Clinton’s fresh baby face to promote a good cause like eliminating HIV transmission to newborns across the globe. The image above was released on June 10 with the official announcement of UNAIDS’ plan to do just that by the year 2015. In their excellently written and easy to follow report,...
Are you prepared for the days following a disaster?
Just thinking about preparing for disaster makes me anxious, let alone writing about it or actually doing it. I’d prefer to pretend that I’m invincible to natural or (gulp) war disasters. But I often say that ignoring a problem doesn’t make it go away, so in an effort to practice what I preach, I...
Kids Get Skin Cancer, Too
You probably know that melanoma is skin cancer and has been pretty clearly tied to sun exposure. But did you know that children can also be diagnosed with melanoma? In a literature review published in 2009*, the authors report that approximately 1-4% of melanoma cases afflict the pediatric age group, with an average of 18 deaths per...
The Circumcision Decision
A group in San Francisco might succeed in proposing a circumcision ban for male minors on the November election ballot. This is the headline responsble for re-igniting the great circumcision debate. An obligatory media frenzy has followed. Did you know that Guy Ritchie allegedly underwent circumcision at Madonna’s request? (Did you care?) Apparently the practice...