Thursday, September 1, 2016

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month requires attention and action

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September is back-to-school season, and also Childhood Cancer Awareness Month . Needless to say, it is a serious and somber issue, as sad...
Monday, August 15, 2016

Seeing is believing: It’s Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month

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August brings us Children's Eye Health and Safety Month, an important date to mark on your family's health calendar. Best estimates...
Monday, August 8, 2016

Working the night shift? We salute you, brave nurse!

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Coffee, usually subpar. Grumpy doctors. Grumpier patients. Circadian rhythms all out of whack. And, most frightening of all, cafeteria food...
Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month Raises Awareness & Promotes Treatment

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Some diseases and conditions are identified by who they affect. For instance, most people believe, incorrectly, that arthritis is solely th...
Monday, June 27, 2016

Carhartt Scrubs Review -- Guest Blog

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When you own many different brands and styles of scrubs, you always have that “go-to” pair that you love. Well, let me just say, I have fou...
Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Men's Health Month offers a great reminder to schedule that annual physical

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And now, something for the gents. June brings us the 23 rd  Annual  Men’s Health Month , which includes  Men’s Health Week  from June 9-15....
Friday, May 6, 2016

Nurses Week showcases a vibrant profession with unlimited potential

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Nothing on calendar here at Scrubin gets us as revved up as Nurses Week does! Simply put, we love nurses. And happily, they love us right ...
Monday, April 11, 2016

Celebrate Occupational Therapists and their work during April!

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Occupational therapy as a practice and treatment doesn’t get anywhere near the recognition that it should, so April seems a fine time to ch...
Friday, April 1, 2016

Autism Awareness Month shines a needed spotlight on this complex condition

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There are few health topics as prevalent in the public mind these days than autism. It is a condition for which we are only beginning to fi...
Sunday, March 6, 2016

A double dose of gratitude for National Dentist's & National Doctor's Days

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It is nice to every now and then take time out of our chronic busyness and give a big thank you to some men and women in the healthcare pro...
Tuesday, March 1, 2016

National Nutrition Month Offers the Opportunity for a Healthy-Diet Reset

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March brings warmer weather, Daylight Savings Time (Sunday, March 13 th , in case you were wondering), and  National Nutrition Month . In e...
Thursday, February 4, 2016

World Cancer Day highlights the ongoing battle against this elusive foe

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Here at Scrubin we regularly highlight many days of the year concerning public health and related issues, days to raise awareness, advocat...
Monday, February 1, 2016

American Heart Month offers the chance to take stock of cardiac care

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A new year often means a renewed focus on health, and so February is a fitting time for  American Heart Month . This year, let’s all take a...
Monday, January 4, 2016

Nursing is like real estate: For the best places, it’s all about location

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There are few fields growing in America like healthcare. Projections have it as one of the fastest growing sectors of job growth in the Uni...
Monday, December 7, 2015

National Influenza Vaccination Week: Have You Gotten Your Flu Shot?

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Influenza. Sounds kind of exotic, at least until you know better: It’s the flu. Not exotic at all, but something quite common, and a potent...
Saturday, November 28, 2015

Don't Let Holiday Eating Pack On The Pounds

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The very idea of eating healthy around holiday time sounds not only impossible, but also pointless. For many of us,  food  is one of the g...