May 20, 2009 the Michigan Fitness Foundation is sponsoring a one-mile walk around the State Capitol in downtown Lansing to celebrate National Employee Health and Fitness Day (NEHFD). 12 – 1 pm walkers can meet at the east steps of the Capitol. The walk will travel the perimeter of the Capitol lawn, cross the Walnut Street pedestrian bridge and end back at the east steps. Get a group together from where you work and join other Lansing businesses as they work to improve the health and fitness of employees.
National Employee Health & Fitness Day Walk
May 19, 2009 at 2:50 pm (General)
Tags: Consumer Health, exercise
This & That
May 17, 2009 at 1:02 pm (General)
Tags: Consumer Health, food, National Library of Medicine, Reference
This week has been one when I’ve found all kinds of interesting info and sites which don’t fit into any specific category but which are just too good to pass up (in my opinion). So, this post is a “mental health day” – time off from whatever you’re working on, worrying over, planning for, thinking about, etc., to sit back and just read. Hope you find a useful nugget here.
- “Astronauts ‘Tweet’ from space.” (as reported on Yahoo! Tech) That’s right, one of the astronauts currently in space is using Twitter.com to communicate with us earthlings about the mission. Mission Specialist Mike Massimino can be followed at his Twitter account Astro_Mike. Mark Polansky, who will be the commander of the next planned space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS), is giving updates on Twitter about his training for the scheduled June launch. Mark is Astro_127 on Twitter.
- 50 Best Food Blogs. The TimesOnline has a list of mouthwatering food blogs they recommend. Included are: Chocolate and Zucchini, The Pioneer Woman Cooks, and Souvlaki for the Soul.
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The National Library of Medicine has created an online database of images from their History of Medicine collection The collection includes portraits, photographs, caricatures, genre scenes, posters, and graphic art illustrating the social and historical aspects of medicine dated from the 15th to 21st century.
May 11-15 is Bike to Work Week
May 8, 2009 at 1:16 pm (General)
Tags: bicycling, Consumer Health, exercise
Join the League of American Bicyclists as they promote National Bike Month during May and really show your dedication by Biking to Work May 11th through 15th . Visit the League of Michigan Bicyclists (LMB) website to get the details on activities planned throughout the state. Can’t stand the thought of riding your bike to work for 5 whole days? Can you handle just 1? Good. Join hundreds of other cyclists on May 15th for National Bike-to-Work Day. LMB offers several useful resources too – Smart Commuting Tips, What Every Michigan Bicyclist Must Know, route maps, MI Ride Calendar, and lots more.
To round out the activities for National Bike Month, May 28th marks the 5th Annual Lucinda Means Bicycle Advocacy Day in Lansing, Michigan. Lucinda was passionate about her mission to make Michigan a bike-friendly state and you can join your fellow cyclists as they take their concerns for bike safety directly to the state legislature.
Flu Information in World Languages
May 6, 2009 at 10:55 am (General)
Tags: Consumer Health, H1N1, Medline Plus, National Institutes of Medicine, Swine Flu
Medline Plus (a service of the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health) now has flu information available in 19 world languages. From Arabic to Vietnamese and including Chinese, Somali and Spanish, these resources are available as PDFs and some are in a bilingual format.
