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SarahLiz - Health Activist

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WEGO Health is continually looking for great health activists to invite to our community. If you know of a great health blogger, active health forum member, or someone you'd like us to reach out to, please let me know!

Sarah's Blog

Antidepressants raising a woman's stroke risk

Posted on December 23, 2009 at 9:00am —

Dr. Stamm, noted infertility specialist dies

Posted on December 22, 2009 at 8:00am —

HIV therapy and suicide rates

Posted on December 21, 2009 at 7:30am —

Casual sex and emotional disturbances unrelated

Posted on December 17, 2009 at 8:30am —

Emotional effects of infertility on a marriage

Posted on December 16, 2009 at 8:00am — 2 Comments

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Sarah added a discussion to the group HIV

AIDS, still a humanitarian crisis

The New York Times recently released a list where Doctors without Borders, an active aid group lists the top 10 worst humanitarian crises and unfortunately HIV/AIDS is still on the list. The New York Times article is a great read, however, if you're…

9 hours ago

Sarah added 3 blog posts

9 hours ago

Finally_a_Mom replied to Sarah's discussion 'Endometriosis, a possible cause of infertility' in the group Infertility

Sarah, Excellent article for those who have not seeked medical diagnosis and wonder if they have Endometriosis. It is described here perfectly. I have had it (Stage IV-V) since I was about 14 which I was told has caused my Infertility

yesterday

Sarah commented on Sarah's blog post 'Emotional effects of infertility on a marriage'

Crystal,, I wonder, too, what kinds of pressures are put on couples in the same type of situation you described. I haven't had the chance to look at different societal (and/or cultural) groups and their expectations of fertility (it is on the list o…

on Monday

Crystal R. commented on Sarah's blog post 'Emotional effects of infertility on a marriage'

I went to a wedding a few years ago and the priest talked extensively about adding children to the marriage to meet God's wishes. The couple was nearing 40 and I immediately wondered how these types of expectations set at the beginning of their unio…

on Sunday

Sarah added a blog post

Casual sex and emotional disturbances unrelated

For all of our lives, especially as women, we have heard that casual sex has severe negative impacts on our emotional being. However, a University of Minnesota study including more than 735 women show that "young adults engaging in casual sexual enc…

December 17

Sarah commented on Sarah's blog post 'HIV/AIDS affects more than physical health'

Amy, thanks so much for your feedback here in the comments as well as on our call this morning. I have done a little addition and a little editing in hopes of helping spread the word about this issue. It's so interesting to think that medical condit…

December 16

Sarah commented on Sarah's blog post 'Molehills into mountains: HIV/AIDS rates on the rise'

Crystal, I did some redefining/rewriting of the sentence you found - it was totally a grammatical error. I must have been in a hurry. I appreciate you pointing it out to me! I agree that it's a concern that HIV/AIDS rates are on the rise, I just wo…

December 16

Profile Information

In the online health communities I participate in, I'm:

a Broadcaster (Getting the word out)

The online health resource I contribute to most frequently is:

http://www.wegohealth.com

This site is:

a community I manage/moderate, a community I contribute to

I’m also on:

http://twitter.com/WEGOSarah

It's:

my twitter

More about me (my health interests and reasons for joining WEGO Health)

I'm Sarah, a late 20-something woman learning to make the best cup of coffee (mmmm, tasty caffeinated antioxidants!). I am a nanny by day and a superhero by night. Okay, well, not really, I mostly do health research, email Marie and listen to the TV. I live with a arthritis-like condition called ankylosing spondylitis and love hot bubble baths. I am a Twitter addict as well as a active blogger. My toes are always cold and I don't really mind it.

I have a BA in German (from Oregon State University) and in Community Health Education (from Portland State University). My ultimate goal would be to educate the health educators but in the meantime I do a lot of reading on women's health, HIV/AIDS and childhood poverty. I am passionate about working towards improved health conditions for women and children of both the United States and globally.

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At 7:06pm on December 8, 2009, Veromay said…: Thanks

At 3:16pm on November 3, 2009, Lee Edwards said…: Hi Sarah,

I appreciate the warm and friendly e-mail. We health activists have to stick together. :) If I could find a full-time job as a health activist I would be so happy.

I am the Founder of the Women's Health imperative in Vernon Hills, IL. Our group is about the importance of women taking care of their health.

It's imperative that women learn about wellness, disease prevention and become their own health advocate.

We will meet quarterly to learn about various health care topics and disease prevention. I am in the process of developing outings to
health food stores, organic food stores, etc.

Also, I am working on a health advocacy blog. How, I got started was when I was diagnosed with Uveitis and had a difficult time finding specialists educated about this eye disorder and how to properly treat it. I have now come full circle and am healed but it was an ordeal.

I really consider myself a health evangelist. That's the best description I can come up with because that's what I do!

Take a look at my site and tell me what you think:
http://www.meetup.com/Women-s-Health-Imperative/

The link for teen parents is as follows: http://www.meetup.com/Teen-Parents-Too-Soon/
I am trying to get this off the ground.

Also, the quiz was good.

Warm regards,

Necie Edwards

At 1:38pm on September 23, 2009, Brooklynn said…: Hey Lady!

I am good. I have actually been fairly migraine free...whoohooo! I am really thinking one of the main culprits was my birth control pill. My hormones are finally getting back to normal.

How are you doing?

At 11:27am on September 15, 2009, Jill Knapp said…: Thank you for your sweet comment!

At 8:59am on August 31, 2009, Cheryl Sunshine Benson said…: i did the quiz ages ago, it said librian, sp, tying hard, i felt i was that and something else in it, i can't remember which

At 11:35pm on August 27, 2009, Veromay said…: Thanks for your warm welcome. I will check out the fibro/chronic pain section.

At 5:40pm on August 9, 2009, Brooklynn said…: I received the same request from Dr. Rutledge! Unfortunately I have not found the website to be particularly easy to navigate through.

At 8:49am on July 10, 2009, Lorraine Blum said…: Love reading your post would love to have you as a friend. Lorraine

At 9:01am on July 6, 2009, Lorraine Blum said…: Thank you for your welcome I would be delighted to share my health tidbits with others. I also have Health Domain Names that some of you may be interested in such as justheal.me, Psychotherapist4.me, and more. If so let me know. I love the field of Healing. Anything I can do further let me know I will look into the communities and forums you have here, thank you again for inviting me. Lorraine Blum

At 4:29pm on June 27, 2009, sergio allasia said…: hi sarah would u like be my friend?