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Headline Hits, It’s a Resolution, Waste Not Want Not, Food Wise 2560 1706 AEPC Health

Headline Hits, It’s a Resolution, Waste Not Want Not, Food Wise

Let’s start with a question – did you or didn’t you? That is, did you start the new year with the tradition of making one or more resolutions? For many, the new year marks a…

Another Mediterranean Diet Bonus: Healthier Pregnancies 180 135 AEPC Health

Another Mediterranean Diet Bonus: Healthier Pregnancies

TUESDAY, Dec. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The Mediterranean diet delivers plenty of health dividends, and new research now discovers it may lower complications during pregnancy. Specifically, women who stuck to the diet had a…

With a Little Luck, These Foods Will Get Your New Year Started Right 180 135 AEPC Health

With a Little Luck, These Foods Will Get Your New Year Started Right

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 21, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Need a healthy way to kick off the new year? You’re in luck. As the calendar turns, cultures across the world focus on good fortune and…

Weekend Reading: Hitting the Headlines, To Err is Human, Wondering, For a Wonder 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Weekend Reading: Hitting the Headlines, To Err is Human, Wondering, For a Wonder

With 2022 drawing to a close, it’s hard not to spend a minute or two or more just wondering about things. What would be on your “wonder” list? Wondering how you will ever finish all…

States That Restrict Abortions Have More Maternal, Infant Deaths 180 135 AEPC Health

States That Restrict Abortions Have More Maternal, Infant Deaths

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In U.S. states with more restrictive abortion policies, rates of pregnant women, new mothers and infants dying were higher, a new report finds. The analysis, conducted by the…

Weekend Reading: What’s Going On, Never ending, Say What, & Going Viral 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Weekend Reading: What’s Going On, Never ending, Say What, & Going Viral

With the new year just around the corner, the lists of what is “in” and what is “out” for 2023 are hitting the news. Thinking of painting a bathroom? According to interior designers, bright whites,…

Wind Power Is Bringing Americans Real Health Benefits 180 135 AEPC Health

Wind Power Is Bringing Americans Real Health Benefits

FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — With wind power picking up as a viable energy source, new research shows U.S. air quality is getting better, benefiting all Americans’ health. There was one caveat to…

Weekend Reading: News to Ponder, Wonder Why, It’s a Wonder, & Just Wondering 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Weekend Reading: News to Ponder, Wonder Why, It’s a Wonder, & Just Wondering

It’s that time of the year. Time to get ready for the holidays and wrap-up 2022. Unfortunately, it’s also time for the flu. The Centers for Disease Control reported today that 7.5% of outpatient medical…

Relax, a Little Stress Might Be Good for You 180 135 AEPC Health

Relax, a Little Stress Might Be Good for You

TUESDAY, Nov. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If holiday demands get you frazzled, you can take heart from a new study: When it comes to stress, a little is good. “The bad outcomes of stress…

Weekend Reading: Big News, Bugs & Drugs, Bugs on the Run, Be Thankful 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Weekend Reading: Big News, Bugs & Drugs, Bugs on the Run, Be Thankful

One of the greatest medical miracles was the discovery of the first antibiotic, penicillin, by Alexander Fleming in 1928. But penicillin was not called an antibiotic. The term antibiotic in medicine would not come until…

Weekend Reading: Hitting the Headlines, Highs & Lows, Changing Things Up, & Storied Pasts 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Weekend Reading: Hitting the Headlines, Highs & Lows, Changing Things Up, & Storied Pasts

November is National Diabetes Awareness Month – a disease that affects more than 37 million Americans, with 1 in 5 of those affected not knowing they have it. A staggering 1/3 of the US adult…

Half of Dentists Say Patients Are Coming to Appointments While High 640 356 AEPC Health

Half of Dentists Say Patients Are Coming to Appointments While High

TUESDAY, Nov. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — More and more nervous patients are showing up stoned for dental appointments, often forcing dentists to postpone treatment until the patient sobers up, new survey data shows. As…

Weekend Reading: Real News, Reality Check , Someone’s Reality, and Really? 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Weekend Reading: Real News, Reality Check , Someone’s Reality, and Really?

November begins with an ending – the end of daylight saving time. Daylight saving time officially ends for most people in the U.S. on Sunday, November 6, at 2 am, when clocks are set one…

Weekend Reading: No Illusion, Don’t Be Tricked, Pick Your Poison & Lift Your Spirits 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Weekend Reading: No Illusion, Don’t Be Tricked, Pick Your Poison & Lift Your Spirits

October is nearly behind us, but not before the widely popular celebration of Halloween on Monday. It’s a time for transforming an ordinary pumpkin into a Jack-o-Lantern and putting spooky decorations in yards and windows.…

Weekend Reading: Focal Point, Taking a Toll, Under the Radar, & Matters of Time 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Weekend Reading: Focal Point, Taking a Toll, Under the Radar, & Matters of Time

Ever feel stressed and overwhelmed at work? Well, you are not alone. According to the 2021 Work and Wellbeing Survey from the American Psychological Association, 3 in 5 employees reported negative impacts of work-related stress, including lack…

Money Talk, Paying the Tab, Bottom Line, & Priceless 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Money Talk, Paying the Tab, Bottom Line, & Priceless

Hear it, believe it, repeat it. That’s how information, whether true based on facts,  knowingly false or misleading is shared. There are myths, sometimes referred to as urban legends or old wives’ tales, which are…

News Watch, Seeing Pink, The Color of Money, & True Colors 2121 1414 AEPC Health

News Watch, Seeing Pink, The Color of Money, & True Colors

Colorful language has been around for centuries. No, not colorful language as in swearing or profanity. Rather using colors to describe not only the visual hue of something but also human emotions. It’s common today…

Making Waves, SOS, Turn the Corner & Scuttlebutt 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Making Waves, SOS, Turn the Corner & Scuttlebutt

September is nearly in the books!  Labor Day, back to school, the 1st day of fall are all now just memories. Likewise other events, whether in our everyday lives or at home and abroad have been stored with other memories…

Something New, Money Changes Everything, Brainstorming, and Come Spy With Me 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Something New, Money Changes Everything, Brainstorming, and Come Spy With Me

It’s official – summer is over. Although Labor Day may seem like the end of summer with vacations in the rear-view mirror, it is not. Summer officially ended on Thursday with the autumn, or fall, equinox. Unlike other events that…

An Ounce of Prevention, Living Longer, Behaving Royally and A Touch of Royalty 2121 1414 AEPC Health

An Ounce of Prevention, Living Longer, Behaving Royally and A Touch of Royalty

Children are sometimes asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”, although psychologists like Adam Grant have numerous reasons as to why this should not be posed. Many of us were asked this question and…

This Just In, Saving Lives, Bad Actors & Oddly Enough 2121 1414 AEPC Health

This Just In, Saving Lives, Bad Actors & Oddly Enough

People always seem to have something to talk about – whether communicated verbally, electronically, using sign language or pen and paper. The communication can be callous or empathetic. Judgmental or understanding. Clear or convoluted.  Boring…

Weekend Reading: Front Page News, On a Beach, Back to School & In Their Eyes 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Weekend Reading: Front Page News, On a Beach, Back to School & In Their Eyes

As the 3-day weekend Labor Day holiday kicks off, it is a perfect time to remember the timeless words of President John F. Kennedy: “We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a…

Weekend Reading: News Splash, Making Waves, Against the Tide & It’s In the Water 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Weekend Reading: News Splash, Making Waves, Against the Tide & It’s In the Water

I am guilty. Growing up, my parents had a hard and fast rule – you can’t swim for an hour after eating. This rule was likewise dutifully enforced by my grandparents. I remember many times abandoning a partially…

Just In, Somebody’s Story, Provider Perils, and In the End 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Just In, Somebody’s Story, Provider Perils, and In the End

The two leading healthcare stories of the week are big, very big – and both happened on Tuesday. Is “very big” the correct descriptor? Better words may be those picked-up on a hot mic whispered…

Weekend Reading: The Word on the Street, Go Deep, All the Lonely People and Sweet Finds 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Weekend Reading: The Word on the Street, Go Deep, All the Lonely People and Sweet Finds

There was no shortage of healthcare news in the headlines this week. Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that includes healthcare provisions that will lower prescription drug costs for people with Medicare, reduce Medicare…

Weekend Reading: In the News, On Repeat, Food for Thought, & There was a Time 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Weekend Reading: In the News, On Repeat, Food for Thought, & There was a Time

At local fairs, carnivals, and amusement parks across the country, you are likely to encounter the guessing game amongst the midway booths. You simply “step right up” and if the booth attendant fails to guess your age, weight,…

In the News, Every Breath, Don’t Be Fooled, and In the Air 2121 1414 AEPC Health

In the News, Every Breath, Don’t Be Fooled, and In the Air

Throughout history, people have justifiably feared diseases that could not be prevented or effectively treated. In the early 20th century, around 675,000 people in the U.S. died from the Spanish flu because there were no…

Be Under No Illusion, It’s a Kind of Magic, Feels Like Magic, It’s Magic! 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Be Under No Illusion, It’s a Kind of Magic, Feels Like Magic, It’s Magic!

With wand in hand, the magician speaks the familiar words, abracadabra, and poof a rabbit comes out of an empty top hat! Next the magician tells “you to pick a card, any card” from the…

“Help” Care News, Teenage Nightmare, Troubled Waters, Getting Your Goat 2121 1414 AEPC Health

“Help” Care News, Teenage Nightmare, Troubled Waters, Getting Your Goat

Imagine for a moment that you are once again a teenager. Perhaps you were argumentative, defied rules at school and home or engaged in other behaviors that made your parents more than cringe. Your parents took away certain privileges,…

News Briefs, Proverbs of Truth, Risky Business, and Food for Thought 2121 1414 AEPC Health

News Briefs, Proverbs of Truth, Risky Business, and Food for Thought

Welcome to another edition of Weekend Reading! Moms, grandmothers, and aunts are often credited with using well-known catchy, or maybe not so catchy, phrases to teach children values and life lessons. You likely have heard…

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