Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Placebos-are they a real thing?
A placebo is a medication that looks real but doesn’t contain any active ingredients—sometimes referred to as a “sugar pill”. It's hard...
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Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Jan 22, 20214 min read
Nosey News – All about the nose!
Did you know your nose has a “cycle” in which your breathing alternates between nostrils? Your brain signals one side of the nose to...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Jan 15, 20214 min read
Do you talk to yourself?
One of the first pharmacists I trained with often used to quietly mutter things I couldn’t understand. I would ask “Excuse me… what did...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Jan 8, 20213 min read
Resolutions? or Word of the Year?
Have you made New Year’s resolutions in past years that you've never achieved? Most of us have. The beginning of a new calendar year is a...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Dec 24, 20205 min read
Thoughts for the Holidays
As we head into a Christmas that is quite a change from usual, my thoughts turn to how different this entire year has been. I know I’m...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Dec 18, 20207 min read
Winter Holidays… COVID-style
I’ve mostly been fine with pandemic restrictions so far. I know that restrictions are for our safety and to protect those who are...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Dec 11, 20204 min read
Is smog a risk factor for COVID?
We know now that viruses like SARS CoV-1 and SARS CoV-2 can survive in the air as an aerosol for several hours and can travel longer...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Dec 4, 20202 min read
Do you like Audiobooks?
I'm curious about how many of you enjoy audiobooks. Or whether you've even listened to one yet... Many (like me!) love words on a...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Nov 27, 20204 min read
Small deliberate choices = big results!
Another week just slipped by… didn’t even think about my blog until Thursday. But I did read an interesting “productivity” blog at the...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Nov 20, 20205 min read
On blogging…
This is my 200th blog – a milestone I wanted to celebrate! I’ve been writing my weekly Health Blog for the past 4 ½ years, with the...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Nov 13, 20207 min read
How to Prevent a Pandemic
Rather than waiting for the next pandemic to arrive... then struggle to limit its spread, search for treatments, and race to develop a...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Nov 6, 20203 min read
What a week...
It’s been a hectic week… so not a typical blog this week. But I thought I’d tell you what I’m up to. Not only have I been preparing for...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Oct 30, 20205 min read
Are we as logical as we think?
We like to believe we always think logically, but sometimes we fool ourselves or others trap us with faulty logic. This is so common,...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Oct 23, 20206 min read
Confusion with drug names?
I received a question from a reader about generic drugs… Our generic/brand naming system for medications can be confusing, so I thought...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Oct 16, 20205 min read
Sunshine, Vitamin D and COVID-19… What’s the connection?
Researchers are working hard to find good treatments for COVID-19 and strategies to prevent it from being as severe. A new study suggests...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Oct 9, 20205 min read
The key to COVID-19
Researchers have been trying to figure out why large numbers of COVID-19 cases occur in some areas but only a few cases in others. Here...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Oct 2, 20204 min read
Motion sickness... Many ways to treat it
I’ve suffered from motion sickness ever since I was a kid… I still remember trips to the cottage (over rough dirt roads!) that left me...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Sep 25, 20204 min read
A “non-blog” this week…
What a week I’m having! Seems there’s no room on my schedule (or in my head!) for thinking about a blog. But rather than ignore all of...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Sep 18, 20205 min read
Why facts don’t always change our minds…
Many experiments have been done to demonstrate that we tend to look for and believe information that supports what we already believe to...
Jeannie Collins Beaudin
Sep 11, 20205 min read
Get into the state of Flow…
and live a happier, more productive life! Wulastukw/Saint John River by Victoria Moon Joyce (Fredericton, NB) What is Flow? Flow is “a...
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