BBC News Health: New Communication Hope for Brain Damaged Patients

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15664862?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter



Hit link for an interesting video on communication of those with brain damage.

Secret to a Long, Healthy Life: Bike to the Store

This is an interesting article from NPR



http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/11/02/141937325/secret-to-a-long-healthy-life-bike-to-the-store

Internships

Community Health Assessment & Improvement Planning for Health Dept. Accreditation Project

NACCHO
Washington D.C.

Unpaid

http://www.naccho.org/careers/details.cfm?jobid=214910



Monitoring and Evaluation Intern

ICF Macro
Calverton, MD

http://cfusion.sph.emory.edu/PHEC/phec.cfm

Oral Health

Signs to replace a toothbrush

-At least every 3 months
-When toothbrush shows wear
-After having a communicable illness such as the cold

*A new brush is more effective at removing plaque*



Mouth Germs Quiz from WebMD

http://www.webmd.com/oral-health/rm-quiz-germs-your-mouth



Here is a video on choosing a toothbrush

More information on oral health internationally

http://www.who.int/oral_health/objectives/en/index.html

http://www.ifdh.org/

http://dentistry.ucsf.edu/science-research/global-oral-health

CDC on Salt

This is an informative link on salt intake in our daily diet.  The CDC explains how salt is an important part of our diet however many of us get more than enough in our diet and in excess salt can be harmful.







More Information:

http://www.cdc.gov/CDCTV/SaltMatters5/index.html

http://www.webmd.com/diet/low-sodium-diet-restaurants

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/prevent/sodium/sodium.htm

http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm181577.htm

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/patientinstructions/000109.htm