Public Health & Other Relevant Topics

What Is Community Health and Why Is It Important? By Ashley Brooks on 03/04/2019 What Is Community Health and Why Is It Important? The community you live in is part of who you are. Even if you don’t see your neighbors every day, you recognize that the decisions you make impact those around you. You’re all in it together, and you wouldn’t have it any other way! Improving your community and helping others is often at the top of your mind. So when the phrase “community health” crossed your radar, you had to know more. What is community health? And how does it affect the lives of those in your area? and bike paths, from access to healthy food and playgrounds, from accessible healthcare services, schools and places of employment, as well as affordable housing,” Bognanno says. What is community health? Community health is a medical specialty that focuses on the physical and mental well-being of the people in a specific geographic region. This important subsection of public health includes in...

The 7 Categories 1. Central Nervous System Depressants:  🧊 CNS depressants slow down the operations of the brain and the body. Examples of CNS depressants include alcohol, barbiturates, anti-anxiety tranquilizers (e.g., Valium, Librium, Xanax, Prozac, and Thorazine), GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate), Rohypnol, and many other anti-depressants (e.g., Zoloft, Paxil). A. Decreased body temperature, breathing, heart rate, & blood pressure 2. Central Nervous System Stimulants:  🔥 Increased heart rate and blood pressure and "speed-up," or over-stimulate, the body. Examples of CNS stimulants include cocaine, "crack" cocaine, amphetamines, and methamphetamine ("crank"). A. Stimulants stimulate the sympathetic nervous system and increase heart rate, blood pressure, and respiration (dilation of the bronchioles in the lungs). They can cause a dangerously high body temperature, especially if paired with physical exertion. 3. Hallucinogens: 🔥 Hallucinogens cause the u...

Loretta Lynn Lohe  February 2023 ~ Last Friday, February 24, 2023, Loretta Lohe was found deceased on a bus bench at the Empire Center in Burbank. She originates from Arizona; but I knew her, as a Burbank homeless resident, for over eight years.  Loretta was 59 years old. A Lesson For Everyone Homelessness complicates & accelerates pbysical & mental disorders *** Homeless Stats The official 2022 LA County Homeless Count is 69,144 people Females: 32% or 19,866 women Substance Abuse LA County: 24% or 14,915 people Females: 4,772 women Homeless Alcoholics: 38% or 23,614 people Females:  7,556 women Mental Illness: 22% or 13,671 people Females: 4,374 women Expected Life Span: Housed male: 74 years Housed female: 80 years Homeless male: 56 years Homeless female: 52 years Top 5 Causes of Death in LA County (2018-2020) Housed: Cancer (all forms) Coronary Heart Disease Alzheimers Stroke Unintentional accidents (related injuries) Homeless: Accidental drug overdoses Uninten...

  Nose Bacteria The nasal passages are an important habitat for clinically relevant pathobionts (commensal bacteria that can cause disease in healthy hosts), e.g., Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis, and are an important site of viral infections. ~ Dangerous Bacteria Can Lurk Inside Nose: Study People who carry staph can transmit life-threatening infections in hospital setting FROM THE WEBMD ARCHIVES By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Dec. 11, 2013 (HealthDay News) -- Potentially harmful staph bacteria can lurk deep inside the nose, a small new study finds. Researchers tested 12 healthy people and found that formerly overlooked sites deep within the nose may be reservoirs for Staphylococcus aureus, which is a major cause of disease. Nearly half of S. aureus strains are antibiotic-resistant. It's been known that S. aureus can reside on the skin and at sites lower down in the nose. Although there are ways to e...

I think it was a month ago, or so, that I was going back home to Burbank & noticed through the train window several dragonflies. Since that time I am seeing them, more and more, in Burbank. Here is everything you need to know about dragonflies: Scientific classificatione Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Odonata Suborder: Epiprocta Infraorder: Anisoptera A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the order Odonata, infraorder Anisoptera (from Greek ἄνισος anisos, "unequal" and πτερόν pteron, "wing", because the hindwing is broader than the forewing). About 3,000 extant species of true dragonfly are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threatens dragonfly populations around the world. Adult dragonflies are characterized by a pair of large, multifaceted compound eyes, two pairs of strong, transparent wings, sometimes with coloured patches, and an elongated body. Many dragonflies have b...