Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Carnival HR

Check out Fortify your Oasis for great reading links in the Human Resources field. They mentioned EverythingHealth this week and it will give you another glimpse into the blogosphere.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Obesity - the last discrimination

The journal Cancer has published a review that found obese, white women are less likely than other women to undergo regular screenings for breast and cervical cancer. Obese women were 10-40% less likely to undergo these screening tests when compared to other women.We can only speculate why this is so. One theory is that heavier women have emotional barriers such as embarrassment and fear of