America’s National Park’s have more than 12,000 miles of trails. Hiking is great because you get to enjoy beautiful scenery, look for those little creatures that are trying to blend in with their surroundings and oh yeah, get exercise. Of course, with anything there’s always a chance one can get hurt or sidetracked so you […]

Not only is this Sunday Father’s Day it’s also the kick off of Lightning Safety Week. Lightning, the nation’s deadliest weather phenomena, strikes year round but summer is its peak season.
Over the past 30 years, lightning killed an average of 58 people per year. This is higher than the 57 deaths per year caused by […]

The end of the school year is nearing but that doesn’t mean the kids have to stop learning or making good choices. As an educational professional, what message are you leaving your students with?
As a school psychologist did you review the negative effects bullying can have on one’s self esteem? How about the effects of […]

June 1 – 7, 2009 marks the second annual National CPR/AED Awareness Week. As a trained professional you may know how to respond to cardiac emergencies but do your loved ones? The goal of this week is to promote the importance and provide CPR and automatic external defibrillator (AED) training. From infants to the elderly, […]

Researchers report that the majority of middle school students are not having sex however the small percentage who are may be as young as 12.
In a large U.S. urban public middle school researchers found that 12% of students had engaged in vaginal sex, 7.9% in oral sex and 6.5% in anal sex. Of that 12% […]

What allergen is found in poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac plants? If you guessed urushiol, you’re right. Urushiol, a rash-causing substance, is colorless and has odorless oil (called resin) that is contained in the leaves of these plants.
Not everyone suffers an allergic reaction to usuhiol but about 60% to 80% of people do. […]

In the United States millions of children in elementary schools have vision problems that go undetected and untreated. If you can’t see properly how can you function properly? Not being able to see clearly can hinder your ability to learn.
The Vision Council reported that 16 states require no school vision testing and of the schools […]

While the CDC recommends that schools no longer need to close due to H1N1 swine flu concerns, they recommend using antibacterial hand cleaners and sanitizing the campus. School Kids Healthcare comes to the rescue for two local Wisconsin school districts to lend a hand with a donation of hand sanitizers.

Roseann St. Aubin of the Milwaukee […]