Smoking…Smarties?
It starts in elementary school, a way to “do drugs” while not actually doing drugs. It’s a substitute for smoking tobacco...
Acrylic Nails in Health Care Settings
Have you ever taken a look at your doctor’s nails? Are they long, polished or fake? If so your doctor may not be...
Multiple Tattooing—An Endorphin Rush or Hobby?
When the patrons at T-Doggs start talking about addiction, it’s not the old favorites that you hear mentioned. Instead, they’re speaking of tattoos,...
Noonan Syndrome
On November 26, 2013, Zaria Rayne Prunty was born weighing 7 pounds, 4 ounces and measuring 19 inches long. Before she was even...
Chronic ITP (idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura)
When I was only 8, my grandma’s life changed due to chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, or ITP. When she was told she had...
Hair Dye May Not be as Innocent as it Seems
Girls who dye their hair like that natural look, but it’s not going to be very natural if you have a swelled face...
Hernia
One morning I woke up with a burning pain near my waist. Later that day, when I coughed, sneezed or ran, it...
When Breast Cancer Hits Home
On January 28, 2011, breast cancer hit home for me. My mother, a 39-year-old working, middle-class woman, sat my siblings and me down...
Text Your Neck Off
LOL, TTYL,. These are all texting emoticons used pretty much everyday. Jessica Borelli and Emily Metcalfe, 7th graders at Farnsley Middle School, both...
New Rules to the Game of Football
As the fall approaches it means two things. Back to school and back to football. But football won’t be the same in Missouri....