Feb

28

Serious Health Issues

Posted by Sarah R

February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment

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I am dealing with some serious health issues. I will be having surgery within the next couple of weeks but hope to get back into the swing of blogging normally once I feel more like my regular ‘ol self! Please please be patient and I’ll be home soon!
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Feb

22

In Case of Emergency

Posted by Sarah R

February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment

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If you’re in a accident* and allergic to a certain medication, will the EMTs know it?
Probably not, unless you keep an emergency card in your wallet, your purse, your car, taped to your fridge or you wear a piece of jewelry that explains.
My friend Ellen lives with dystonia, a serious medical [...]

Feb

22

Glass Straw Giveaway at Living A Whole Life

Posted by Sarah R

February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment

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The ladies over at Living a Whole Life are giving away a set of glass straws to help keep you hydrated and save the landfills! They are also guaranteed, but are essentially unbreakable “they are made of borosilicate glass tubing which is the strongest commercially available glass. This is the same [...]

Feb

22

16th annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections

Posted by Sarah R

February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment

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The 2009 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections just wrapped up, and I’ve been on their site checking out the updates, articles and interviews and listening to the podcasts.
I really enjoyed reading the interview with David Bangsberg, a physician with his MPH who is working on a study seeing whether the same type [...]

Feb

21

Upcoming Fertility Insight Group

Posted by Sarah R

February 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment

WEGO Health is holding online focus groups for women who are active in the online fertility community! Fertility Insight Groups (being held on behalf of one of our sponsors) will be held on Thursday, March 12th at the following times:
12 Noon Eastern Standard Time
4pm EST
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Feb

16

Motivation to exercise

Posted by Sarah R

February 16, 2009 | 1 Comment

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Working at WEGO Health has given me the opportunity to meet new people and really see where my health interests lie. It’s also recently given me a kick in the pants to start working out again! Shannan recently created a new Fit Group and I jumped right in. She has been [...]

Feb

12

Death Threats 10

Posted by Sarah R

February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment

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The number ten killer of killer in women is blood poisoning, otherwise known as septicemia or sepsis.
Septicemia occurs when bacteria or toxins get into the blood stream. Sometimes this occurs during surgeries or it can happen when you break your nail way into the quick. If bacteria are able to get into your [...]

Feb

11

Death Threats

Posted by Sarah R

February 11, 2009 | 1 Comment

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I recently stumbled upon a great list of the top ten health-related killers of women. I’m going to spend some time deconstructing and expanding on the list!
1. Heart disease
2. Cancers
3. Strokes
4. COPD - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
5. Alzheimer’s disease
6. Injuries
7. Type 2 diabetes
8. Flu
9. Kidney disease
10. Blood poisoning (septicemia or [...]

Feb

10

*peeks around the corner*

Posted by Sarah R

February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment

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*looks around carefully*
*her face goes red*
How did it get to be the 10th of February? How did I not post for a week? What is going on?
Oh, yeah, real life. My life has been really real lately and my blogging everywhere has taken a downturn. I am hoping that [...]

Feb

3

Patient, consumer or health activist?

Posted by Sarah R

February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment

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My co-worker, posted a thought-provoking entry on the WEGO Health blog asking people to write about whether they were patients, consumers of health activists. What do you think? Are you consumer? Are you a patient? Are you simply a health activist?
I threw my $0.02 in there and would love it if you’d head [...]