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Comment by Denise C. Webb on November 17, 2009 at 10:58pm

Thank you for the additional sites Bill! I'll check them out. Drug interaction and adverse outcomes has developed into a relatively new field of study - pharmacoepidemiology. We just had a public health cafe on this topic. I hope more people educate themselves in this area. Even lay people would benefit by knowing what not to take together.

Comment by Bill Silva on November 17, 2009 at 3:47pm

I recently sat in on the meeting about the problems with the water at the Indiana reservoirs. We do have a piece of equipment that will help eliminate one of the parameters that is causing the algae bacteria from the-phosphorus- while reducing cost and energy in doing a home duty-laundry-as well as water systems for drinking

Comment by Bill Silva on November 17, 2009 at 3:37pm

Denise,
That is a good adverse drug web site. There are so many problems with interactions and side effects. My parents had serious problems because of these. Since I am also involved with natural whole food supplements there can be adverse problems and interactions there as well such as using Garlic or Tumeric when someone is on blood thinner medication. I have referred to these sites www.medherb.com/adverse.htm and www.islandnet.com in the past

Comment by Kristen L. Peeples on November 12, 2009 at 11:46am

The OPHP offered a Public Health Cafe this morning covering Health Reform. A site I found very intriguing, which provides weekly updates, includes discussion forums, a state by state account on how health reform could benefit that population, and much much more! http://www.healthreform.gov/

Comment by Kristen L. Peeples on November 6, 2009 at 11:40am

In thinking about Public Health trends lately, I came across a site that gives state snapshots at America's Health Rankings. You can visit this site at: http://www.americashealthrankings.org/2008/index.html

Comment by Denise C. Webb on October 29, 2009 at 2:10pm

Here's an article about the condition of Indiana's waterways that might interest you: http://www.nuvo.net/news/article/waste-indiana%E2%80%99s-waterways

Comment by Denise C. Webb on October 27, 2009 at 2:07pm

Hope everyone's having a fantastic day! If you want more drug information, you can find it at this site which provides a comprehensive examination of adverse drug reactions, side effects and safety information for both prescription and over-the-counter medications. Free registration necessary to access information. Lots of great stuff.
http://www.adverse-drug-reaction.net/

Comment by Kristen L. Peeples on October 26, 2009 at 1:33pm

Here is the link to check out the proposed HealthyPeople2020 objectives.

http://www.healthypeople.gov/hp2020/Objectives/TopicAreas.aspx

Comment by Bill Silva on October 20, 2009 at 3:08pm

Densie,
I have been blogging about about many areas if interest including health.
www.otherways60.wordpress.com
Today I am working with a nursing home with MRSA problems

Comment by Denise C. Webb on October 20, 2009 at 3:02pm

Thanks for the WebMD link Kristen! It does bring up several major points of concern surrounding H1N1.

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