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Advocating for Health and Health Education

President Obama sure understands the value of citizen participation.

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Smoking or Health: A Glass Half Full or Half Empty

We have come a long way in changing smoking behavior…

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The Politics of Health #2

Last week I wrote about how public health needed to address issues from a political standpoint…  I am of the opinion that most of us will agree that we must embrace the political process in order to be successfull.  One respondent quoted a professor that said “One good piece of legislation will save more lives [...]

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Payback's a Bitch!

In early December I decided to do my Christmas shopping for my wife–so as is a tradition with me I got on-line and got it done in 20 minutes.  I decided to purchase my wife an IPOD Nano.  Sure, I could have paid full price at our local Best Buy, but I’m somewhat a cheapskate [...]

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The Politics of Health

I routinely get that expression… You know, the one where someone furrows their brow and looks at you like “that makes no sense whatsoever”… The confused, “so what do I say now” look? Although sometimes it is when I am just trying to explain the intricacies between Odds Ratio and Relative Risk, it usually comes [...]

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