Urban Farmers Recommend 7 Best Greens to Plant Now!
Many gardeners flush with the fruits or veggies that survived the drought of July and August, often forget the first half of September is the time to sow seeds for fall and winter vegetables and flowers. The best salad greens are grown in the cool Fall weather and many of these greens might even last through [...]
Get Your Virtual Hands on a Hot Body: Hands-Only CPR
American Heart Association – Hands-Only CPR. Thank goodness for research! Now we know for sure that lifesaving CPR or Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation, does not have to involve full mouth contact with a stranger! In fact Research demonstrates the most important thing about CPR, after calling for 911, are proper chest compressions. “Push hard and Push [...]
New Paper Towels Harbor Toxic Bacteria!
Did you know bacterial contamination of machinery used in the pulp and paper industry is a huge concern for manufacturers? Apparently bacterial contamination from machinery can be transferred to the end paper products and these bacteria can end up on your freshly clean hands! Yikes! Now for the really bad news…A pilot study looking at [...]
Understanding Blood Pressure Readings
American Heart AssociationUnderstanding Blood Pressure Readings Blood pressure is typically recorded as two numbers, written as a ratio like this: Read as “117 over 76 millimeters of mercury” Systolic The top number, which is also the higher of the two numbers, measures the pressure in the arteries when the heart beats (when the heart [...]
Kids Symptom Checker
Science of Cooking
Science of Cooking: Food Science, Recipes & Projects | Exploratorium. Amazing website with recipes, activities and webcasts designed to enhance your understanding of the science of cooking! My children and I have spent many wonderful afternoons at the Exploratorium, it is one of the top science museums in the US and certainly one of my [...]
7 Habits for A Healthy Heart
The AHA (American Heart Association) recently announced seven recommendations for improving heart/cardiovascular health, which would result in lower cardiovascular-related deaths. The recommended behaviors (cardiovascular health metrics) include: Not smoking Physical activity (being active) Having blood pressure under control Maintaining healthy blood glucose levels Maintaining healthy blood cholesterol levels Maintaining a healthy body weight Following a healthy and balanced [...]
Oral Rehydration Solution Recipe
Oral fluid rehydration is critically important during acute episodes of vomiting and diarrhea experienced with Gastroenteritis from food and water poisoning. Fluid loss must be replaced after every episode of vomiting, or stool loss to maintain blood volume and subsequently, blood pressure. Hypovolemic shock occurs when excessive fluid volume is lost! Shock is a critical condition, so you want [...]
Menu Planner
The interactive menu planner is designed to guide daily food and meal choices based on one day’s calorie allowance. It may be used in advance to plan a meal, or at the end of a day to add up total calories, as well as fat, and carbohydrates consumed. Check it out!
Aspirin for heart attack: Chew or swallow?
This is a repost in honor of National Heart Month. Aspirin for heart attack: Chew or swallow?. MONA, or Morphine, Oxygen, Nitro and Aspirin is the recommended treatment for heart attacks by emergency personnel. Emergency services will start treating according to protocols in the ambulance or the emergency room. But, after dialing 911, chewing a regular [...]
