Summer temperatures and humidity are here.  If you haven’t already, now is the time to ensure your heat illness prevention program is up to date and implemented.  Your supervisors and employees need to have adequate training on the hazards leading to heat stress and how to prevent heat illness.

Did you know that March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month, and Early Detection is Key!  

As I was getting ready for work this morning, and watching my morning dose of KTHV 11, Dr. Bobby Kikati from Gastro Arkansas provided a morning segment about Stopping the Cancer Before it Starts.  It was so informative for me that I thought I would share a little of the information with you:

A heart attack, or myocardial infarction (MI), occurs when a coronary artery is blocked inhibiting or blocking the flow of oxygen-rich blood to the heart, resulting in permanent and sometimes fatal damage to the heart muscle. [1] An estimated 790,000 individuals experienced a heart attack last year across the US. [2]

Of course, in Arkansas, our home state, Heart Disease is the leading cause of death with death rates higher than all but 2 other states. [3]