Are You Connected?
It’s Brain Awareness Week (BAW). Every March, BAW under the leadership of the DANA Alliance unites the efforts of partner organizations worldwide in a celebration of the brain for people of all ages. As a partner organization, enBloom will be featuring posts and tweets throughout the week discussing the physiology and the pathology (or disease) of … Read more
Have You Checked Your Neck?
It’s midway through the first month of the new year and I have one powerful question for you…Where do you stand with your New Year’s Resolution(s)? Truth be told, many of us resolve at the beginning of the year to eat right, exercise and generally take better care of ourselves. Unfortunately, the challenges to truly … Read more
10 Diabetes Myths Demystified
From the time I was quite young, I remember being aware that my cousin, Esther was a little different. She had (Type 1) diabetes. Early on, I simply understood this as “cousin Esther has to give herself shots…Wow, isn’t she brave!” Often, when we gathered for holiday dinners, she would ask my mother if she remembered to make unsweetened ice tea. To those of you who are not from the South, it may come as a surprise but all ice tea in a southern home contains sugar and sometimes lots of it. That is the very definition of ice tea. But I digress. Because of my cousin, I was made aware of just how serious an illness diabetes was.
Are you an ePatient?
The session quickly evolved into a lively discussion and good-natured debate on what it means to be an ePatient and how physician-patient communication can be improved. This all raised the very obvious question in my head, “Exactly, what is an ePatient?”
Why does the herd have immunity?
Tech Term Tuesday. When a significant proportion of a community (or herd) is immune to a contagious disease through prior illness or immunization, the remaining members of that community (such as newborns, the chronically ill, the elderly and those otherwise not immunized) also receive some level of protection. This is because the likelihood of coming … Read more
Alonzo Mourning Wants You to Become An Organ Donor
This is the 15th observance of National Minority Organ Donor Awareness Day. An event founded by noted transplant surgeon Dr. Clive Callender of Howard University Hospital. Despite this national effort to raise awareness around the number of minorities who disproportionately suffer from end-stage organ failure, the need continues to rise. Watch the video below featuring … Read more
It’s Not Sexy but So Very Necessary…Get Screened for Colorectal Cancer
First Friday in First Person. March is National Colorectal Cancer Awarenesss Month and a good time to highlight actor Terrence Howard’s very personal campaign against colorectal cancer. It’s aptly called This is Personal and underscores the need for regular screening for colorectal cancer and the advantages of early detection. Check out his popular PSA. While … Read more
Welcome 2011!
HAPPY NEW YEAR. This cartoon made me laugh aloud when I saw it because it is definitely a sign of our times. This is after all the 2nd decade of the 21st century. I think about myself and just how many apps I have loaded on my iPod touch. This portable software has definitely worked … Read more
Humpday Humor
When the Supreme Court ruled that corporations could use corporate funds to contribute directly to political campaigns, I wonder if they had this image depicted by Wasserman in mind?
5 Barriers to Minority Organ Donation
National Minority Donor Awareness Day is celebrated annually on the 1st of August. MOTTEP, the Minority Organ Tissue and Transplant Education Program created this observance day in 1996 to focus on education and increasing minority organ donors. In this video, How Do You Say Thank You? African American donor families and recipients tell their poignant and inspiring stories about organ donation.
