Health News for Quilters – New Health Care Blog at b5
May 30, 2008 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
QuiltingAndPatchwork.com
Quilters, as well as most everyone else, is concerned about health care for it affects our personal lives in some way.
To keep you informed about the inside info on the health care industry, you now have Health Care Insiders at b5media. Written by Jennifer Hinkel and Becky Ramsey, this blog will have the latest news on what’s going on in this arena that’s of great concern to most of us.
Check out this blog, see if it has information and answers that will aid you as a caregiver as well as in your personal situation. Let Jennifer and Becky know what …read more
Quilters Beware – Sunburn Time is Here!
May 6, 2008 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
QuiltingAndPatchwork.com
With the warmer weather leading us into summer (at least in the Northern Hemisphere), quilters and their families likely will be outside more. That generally means more exposure to the sun and the need for sunblock.
Scott Warthon, at b5’s Health and Men, has some great information about Understanding Sun Protection Factor or SPF . This helps us understand why and how the different levels of SPF work as they do. He also has posted a chart giving us information regarding which SPF to use with which skin type.
(Scott learned the hard way…he got a sunburn! See This is Why You Should Wear Sunblock)
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