Today I received an email that touched my very core, my inner being. I take this opportunity to share it with you because of the magnitude and global ramifications of the message. As a former public health nurse, in the city of New York, who worked in communities visiting patients, and also accepting community residents’ offer to assist me in locating patients (in order to encourage them to come to the clinic for their TB medications), I have a first hand experience about the impact of the effect of TB on individuals and communities.

Email excerpt:
“Over the past year, hundreds of individuals and companies associated with TED have collaborated in a spectacular TED Prize project, launching today, to raise global awareness of XDR-TB. What is XDR-TB? ….., please visit http://www.xdrtb.org and prepare to be shocked and moved. This is a race between the ability of a deadly, mutated bacteria to spread, and our ability to spread awareness first.”

Know that it is good to work. Work with love and think of liking it when you do it. It is easy and interesting. It is a privilege. There is nothing hard about it but your anxious vanity and fear of failure. ~Brenda Ueland

World Heart Day 2008 - ‘Know Your Risk’ - is a call to action to help people better understand their personal risk for cardiovascular disease, including hypertension (high blood pressure). It will be held on Sunday, 28 September. Heart health screening and other activities for the public are being planned in over one hundred countries worldwide.
Risky Business: The Importance of Prevention & Wellness Coaching

It is a known fact that more women die of heart disease than cancer. So why do we, as women,. risk our lives by not consistently practicing preventive measures?

The Earth Times reported that a “new survey of men and women
age 40 and older in the United States revealed a significant gap between
people’s desire to avoid taking risks with their health, and the percentage (more…)