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Have Fun Storming the Castle!

Karen Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
Posted by Paula Scott on Friday, October 15, 2021

You may remember one of the lines from the 1987 movie The Princess Bride. The movie debuted on October 9 of that year. The 98-minute movie won the 1988 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, as well as being named in the top 100 greatest love stories by the American Film Institute. In the movie, Miracle Max and Valerie, played by actors Billy Crystal and Carol Kane, had the famously repeated line of “have fun storming the castle.” In the movie, they are using the term literally by indicating that Inigo Montoya, Fezzik, and Wesley were going to storm Prince Humperdinck’s castle to save Princess Buttercup.

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Weekend Doctor: Physical and mental costs of war

By James H. Legge III, MSN, APRN-CNP, PMHNP
Posted by Paula Scott on Friday, October 8, 2021

The sands of time include many pivotal dates: On September 2, 1945, General Douglas MacArthur accepts the formal surrender of Imperial Japan; in late July of 1953, the Korean War comes to an end, with the 38th parallel becoming the dividing line between North and South Korea; nearly 20 years later, on April 30, 1975, North Vietnamese tanks roll through the gates of the Presidential palace in Saigon. More recently, August 15, 2021, is now remembered as the day Kabul, Afghanistan fell to the Taliban.

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Putting all your eggs in one basket?

By Karen Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
Posted by Paula Scott on Thursday, October 7, 2021

Some of you may be familiar with the idiom “don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”  The expression is interpreted as a person that invests or commits all their energy or resources into a single opportunity or goal at the risk of losing everything.  We were often given this advice to make sure that we had a backup plan or a plan B so that if the original goal did not come to fruition, we had an alternative. (When you say plan B to a healthcare professional, we often think of the commercially available product for emergency contraception known as Plan B®.)  

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ONU HealthWise Pharmacy offering COVID-19 Pfizer boosters and flu shots 

Posted by Paula Scott on Sunday, October 3, 2021

Covid-19 Boosters and flu shots are available from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday at ONU HealthWise Pharmacy. Walk-in and scheduled appointments are also available. Please call the pharmacy at 419-772-3784 to schedule your appointment.

The CDC has now authorized a Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot for previous Pfizer recipients who meet the certain criteria. Please note: Moderna and Johnson and Johnson/Janssen Vaccines do not have boosters available at this time.

The qualifications for a Covid-19 booster shot include:

Previously received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine (two-part series)

Received their 2nd dose at least 6 months prior to getting the booster

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Kenton Hardin drive thru flu shot clinic

Posted by Paula Scott on Wednesday, September 29, 2021

The Kenton Hardin Health Department will hold a drive thru flu shot clinic this fall from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 2, 2020.

You can get your flu shot without leaving your vehicle. Shots will be administered in the parking lot under the Health Department, 175 W Franklin St.

About the Clinic:

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Blowing in the Wind

By Karen Kier, Karen Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of ONU HealthWise
Posted by Paula Scott on Monday, September 27, 2021

In 1963, Bob Dylan released the song Blowing in the Wind and it became an anthem for the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. His lyrics included “The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind….Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just doesn’t see? The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.” Bob Dylan is a prolific songwriter who continues to produce music. His latest album release was Rough And Rowdy Ways in 2020. Bob Dylan has won 10 Grammy Awards, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Nobel Prize in Literature. He had a history of touring around the world until the pandemic hit and that ended the “The Never Ending Tour” for Bob Dylan.

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