October News

Gearing up for elections has meant lean pickings for most any kind of non political news!
What we did see in October was:

• Obesity rates are up in adolescents - some states are worse than others.. but think about the impact on their health over time....joint issues, lack of ability to exercise, heart disease risk, diabetes risk, etc...
• Whooping cough is resurging: Do you know why? who is recommended to be immunized against this? 
• There are new recommendations for meningitis immunizations - who is targeted? what is the health risk to the general public if there is an outbreak?

Think about how you can be impact someone's life by knowing about the above issues and telling someone about it!  Don't just think about this one, do something about it!