Edison College holding World AIDS Day events
Edison College's Division of Health Professions invites the public to participate in a variety of activities to commemorate World AIDS Day 2007. All events will be held at the Lee Campus on Friday, Nov. 30 in Walker Hall, located at the College Parkway entrance. Full Story
Volunteers needed to help during local disasters
Healthcare workers especially in need
The Southwest Florida Citizen Medical Reserve Corp wants to increase its volunteer group of health care workers to help treat victims of hurricanes, deadly flu outbreaks and other disasters. To prepare to meet the natural and manmade threats that can overwhelm a public health and emergency response system. Dr. Full Story
Classes to help caregivers
If you are the full-time caregiver for a loved one, you are invited to attend caregiver training and education classes in Lee County during the month of December. The Caregiver Assistance and Regional Education Program is a collaborative outreach effort between the Florida Department of Elder Affairs, Area Agency on Aging for Southwest Florida, Inc. Full Story
Germ warfare
With antibiotics often dicey, prevention is a better strategy for beating staph infections
As a high school football coach, Chris Johnson has seen plenty of skin infections. But this past August, when his 10-year-old son, Luke, who is the quarterback of his west Forsyth County, Ga., youth team, developed what looked like a pimple just above his earlobe, he didn't think much of it - at least not at first. Full Story
Staph grows as global concern
The drug-resistant skin infection known as MRSA that recently killed two students is just a small part of a growing worldwide problem, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told Congress earlier this month. Full Story
Simple strategies to protect against staph infections
Scientists aren't sure why some healthy people develop stubborn staph infections and others do not, but it's clear that the best way to prevent yourself and your colleagues from coming into contact with staph bacteria is by practicing good personal hygiene. Experts agree that the following steps are particularly effective at preventing staph and other germs from spreading. Full Story
Confession is good for the soul (body too)
I have a confession to make. I overdid it on Thanksgiving. "Big deal," you say. "Everyone does." Well, yes, but I feel guilty because I am supposed to be the paragon of dietary virtue. And I blew it. I woke up the day after Thanksgiving feeling slightly hung over. And I didn't have a drop of alcohol. Full Story
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