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  1. One of our grad students was just elected secretary of the Nevada Public Health Association.... http://fb.me/3SBVo5L
  2. One of our grad assistants was just elected secretary of the Nevada Public Health Association. Who-hoo! http://sanford.blogs.unr.edu/
  3. Dermody Properties Foundation makes gift to RSVP http://www.unr.edu/sanford/documents/Dermody_gift.pdf
  4. Read the final Information Portal. Pics from RSVP luncheon: http://bit.ly/2loaVw
  5. RSVP of Washoe County volunteers get recognized tomorrow: http://bit.ly/1iwYtv
  6. Nearly half of Nevada pharamcists think they should have the right to refuse to fill prescriptions - http://sanford.blogs.unr.edu/?p=142
  7. #npha Top Nevada ag products: cattle, calves, hay (alfalfa) dairy, onions and potatoes
  8. #npha Not much locally grown: Typical meal averages 1,500 miles from farm to plate.
  9. #npha Chart shows growth in high- fructose corn syrup consumption parallels obesity growth since late-'70s
  10. #npha '99 study of schools showed 20% improve in math, 26% in reading in daylit vs. artificially lit rooms.
  11. #npha Reno planning to replace the 2,076 11-watt incandescent bulbs in the Reno arch with 2 watt LED bulbs; 80% energy savings
  12. #npha Bob Matheis, NV State Medical Association: NV is last in child immunizations "To be SECOND-last, we'd have to improve dramatically."
  13. #npha NDOT officials says only two school districts in the state have a crossing guard program.
  14. #npha Statistics show that Nevada public health is worse than it should be given its population (wealth, etc.).
  15. On the plus side: 3rd in seat belt use!
  16. Nevada Health Care Scorecard lowlights: Children uninsured: 50th; Children immunized 50th; Adults who visited doctor in pat 2 years: 47th
  17. #npha Of Nevada adults characterized as obese, 44 percent have diabetes.
  18. #npha "You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there." Yogi Berra
  19. #npha At least 103 people reistered for Nevada Public Health Association conference in Reno. Just getting started now.
  20. Hear Reno geriatric psychiatrist Steve Rubin talk about how to avert dementia, http://bit.ly/z0DYW