I just interviewed a former Ohio Northern University professor who advocates for a single-payer healthcare system in America. As just one example, of many, he said a majority of healthcare providers in America average between eight to 20 hours a … Continue reading →
I recently did a newspaper article about Ohio Northern University’s “Mobile Health Clinic.” Funded by federal and private grants (including money from ONU), university pharmacy students, and other volunteers, travel throughout a three county area giving flu shots, vitamins, cholesterol … Continue reading →
Our tour up Route 1 continues… In Colonial Heights, Virginia, we talked with Ted Du Varney, 68, who has diabetes. (He actually looks like he’s in his early 50s.) He now charts everything he eats on a computerized … Continue reading →
National Geographic article I just finished a National Geographic article about the Hiroshima atomic bombing. The article chronicled the devastation and death. It looked at the physical and emotional scars of the survivors. The impact of it all is virtually … Continue reading →
City Mission… Findlay, Ohio The Supreme Court, in this last year, opened the door for municipalities to make it illegal for homeless people to sleep on the streets. Concurrently, Trump mobilized a “homeless sweep” in DC, and other cities are … Continue reading →
Mobile Clinic …photo by Joe Catching up on the summer of 2025 (part 1)… I wrote a series of newspaper articles about Ohio Northern University’s Healthwise Mobile Clinics (the newest one is pictured here). It’s a rural healthcare safety net, … Continue reading →
Herbal Acres photo Catching up on the last month… While Kennedy (RFK Jr.) was having his Confirmation Hearings to head up HHS, I was interviewing a local woman who had run an Herbal Teaching Farm for some 20 years. She … Continue reading →
I recently interviewed a former Assistant Dean in the Pharmacy School at a local university for a newspaper article. He said modern pharmaceutical costs are, indeed, admittedly high. Conversely, he said that baked into these costs were advertising expenditures; drug … Continue reading →
…photo by Joe Catching up on the last month… Fentanyl overdoses specifically, and illegal drug use in general, in America, are skyrocketing. We point fingers at the drug cartels south of the border, but, frankly, there are three fingers pointing … Continue reading →
I heard a news piece today that the world’s 1.5 billion cows are responsible for more global warming gasses (think: methane flatulence) than all the “cars, planes, and trains” on the planet! Wow, huh. What’s more, researchers have learned there’s … Continue reading →