By Karen Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
The 2018 release of The Grinch is the highest grossing Christmas movie of all time. The movie surpassed Home Alone and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 release). Dr. Seuss’ 1957 book How the Grinch Stole Christmas! was the inspiration for many movie adaptations.
Holiday movies started playing on television in October of this year. They are a major draw for viewers. Although there is no statistic on how many Christmas movies we will watch on average this year, there is an abundance of opportunities. The media releases suggest 170 new Yuletide movies were made this year with the Hallmark and the Lifetime channels accounting for 66 of them.
Country music star Blake Shelton and his mother Dorothy Shackleford have worked together to produce Christmas movies for the Hallmark channel. The 2022 movie was the fifth installment of their series titled Time for Him to Come Home for Christmas. This movie premiered on November 26, 2022.
With so many hours of Christmas movies available to watch, what is the harm? Christmas can be an ideal time to binge-watch movies. One after another!
By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
"The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" is considered one of the best Christmas songs of all time. It was released on October 14, 1963 as part of the first Christmas album by singer Andy Williams. Interestingly, this song was not selected to be the promotional single for the album, but was sidelined for his song "White Christmas."
By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
Health strategies have recommended both an aspirin a day or an apple a day to keep the doctor away. What are the benefits and risks of these strategies in managing your health?
Depending on the variety and the geographic region, apples are in season from late July to early November. However, apples can be stored for long periods of time by controlling the atmosphere with a combination of temperature, humidity, oxygen and carbon dioxide. This is one reason why apples can be a fruit available year-round.
OhioHealth Hardin Memorial Hospital, the OSU Extension Agency, ONU HealthWise and Kenton City Schools have partnered to provide a walking program for the community, Walk with a Doc.
The next session will take place on Monday, December 5 at 5:30 p.m. and will be presented by OhioHealth Urgent Care certified nurse practitioner, Tammy Shepherd. Tammy will be comparing the various types of viruses and discussing when to go to urgent care vs the emergency department. In addition to the discussion ONU pharmacy students will be on hand to offer blood pressure screenings.
By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
Blue Sky Studios released five animated films in the popular franchise series about the ice age. The original Ice Age movie was released in 2002 and featured the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, and Chris Wedge. In 2016, the last of the movies created by the originator was released. The movies follow a group of animals trying to survive the Paleolithic ice age. Disney+ released a new spin-off of the franchise in January of 2022 titled “The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild.”
One of the popular characters in the Ice Age movie was the woolly mammoth known as Manfred or Manny. In the movie, Manny would not believe the woolly mammoth could ever be extinct. Unlike the movie, the woolly mammoth is extinct. Exactly when the extinction occurred is an interesting question being studied by scientists. Various fossils have been found around the world with very different carbon dating.
The woolly mammoth, the dodo bird, dinosaurs, and the Christmas Island sandpiper may not be the only extinct species. The CDC and the World Health Organization are researching the possibility of an extinction of the Yamagata influenza B virus.
