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Editorial: Is an Ounce of Prevention Worth a Pound of Cure?
The Trump administration has cut major funding to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medicaid, and the National Institutes of Health. In President Trump’s State of the Union speech, given on January 30th, 2018, he talked about how reducing the price of prescription drugs in the United States, will be one of his greatest […]
Spotlight: Andi Weiss
Andi Weiss – “Education is Just a Piece of the Puzzle” “Health coaching changes the way we look at patients and their challenges. It puts patients in the driver’s seat, allows them to set their own agenda, and leads to sustained behavior change.” Andi works at MicroMass Communications, Inc., a company that applies health behavior […]
December Training!
We have just finished up another training! While this training was technically supposed to end December 9th, we had to take a surprise snow day. This ended up requiring some adjustment we were not expecting! However, we used this as an opportunity to remind ourselves that, while planning can often get us to our goals, […]
Spotlight – Alexis Steptoe
Alexis Steptoe – The Friend You Didn’t Know You Needed! Alexis currently works at NC State University as a Wellness Programs Coordinator. As a wellness coordinator, she also plays the role of health coach for both students and employees. Alexis earned her Masters of Public Health at UNCG in 2017. While enrolled, she was a Graduate […]