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  • Once again, back to school

    One morning soon you will head to work and notice there is more traffic on the roads. Some vehicles will have excited children, some will have young new drivers, and some will be big yellow school buses.Yes, it is back to school time.  School starts the first couple of weeks of August for more than

  • June is National Safety Month: Stay safe at home as well as at work

    June is National Safety Month, and we need to get serious about safety in the home, workplace and community. The observance was created by the National Safety Council in 1996 to raise awareness about the importance of safety. This year's theme is "Safety at Home."Preventable injuries, commonly known

  • Avoid heat-related illness

    Summer time! Whether at work, home or play we are approaching the hottest time of the year, so let’s be prepared to avoid heat-related illnesses.Every year we talk about heat-related illnesses and every year the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells us that, “In the United States an

  • Stressed, who me?

    A good friend stopped me last week and said, “You look stressed.” I thought, “What does that even mean?” So, I decided to investigate it.If you look up stress in a Merriam-Webster dictionary it says stress is “A physical, chemical or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension and may be a

  • Are you sleep deprived?

    Sleep deprivation is simply when a person doesn't get enough sleep. This can be a short-term issue, affecting one or a few nights, or it can be a chronic concern that lasts weeks or even months. Sleep deprivation can happen for countless reasons, many of them harmless, but it's also a key symptom of

  • February is Heart Health Month

    Each year we talk about February being Heart Health Month. There are always facts and figures designed as tools to grab our collective attention, so we are all motivated to get healthier. This year I want to start with an incident from Jan. 3 when a player collapsed on the field during Monday Night

  • Prepare for cold weather to avoid hypothermia, frostbite

    With the extreme cold we experienced at the end of December and winter still in full swing, I was reminded how unprepared for cold weather many of us are and how quickly you can get into trouble when the weather is that cold. It only takes a few minutes for hypothermia or frostbite to cause serious