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Rumor has it

By Karen Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
Posted by Staff on February 3, 2022 - 6:54am

Rumor Has It was a 2005 film directed by Rob Reiner and starred Jennifer Aniston, Shirley MacLaine, and Kevin Costner. The movie scored well in the box office but was not a fan favorite at 2.8 stars with a 20% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. In contrast, Adele won 15 Grammy awards with her hit song Rumour Has It released in 2011. Some of her lyrics strike home as we deal with the misinformation surrounding COVID-19.  Lyrics such as “bless your soul, you got your head in the clouds” and “people say crazy things”.  

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Soup to Nuts

By Karen Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
Posted by Staff on January 28, 2022 - 5:00am

Soup to Nuts was a 1930 feature film starring Ted Healy and The Three Stooges. The movie was born out of the 1920 vaudeville slapstick comedy act titled Ted Healy and His Stooges.  Eventually, Ted Healy left the group and it became known as The Three Stooges. The group filmed between the 1930s and the 1970s with various actors playing The Three Stooges over the years. However, the idiom “soup to nuts” was first used to describe a full course dinner from the first course to the last.

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Mind Your Ps and Qs

By Karen Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
Posted by Staff on January 20, 2022 - 4:38am

There is a debate about the origin of “mind your Ps and Qs.”  Some believe it started with a 17th century play by Thomas Dekker titled The Untrussing of the Humorous Poet. Others believe it was used in British pubs to tally consumption of drinks where the P is for pints and Q is for quarts. It could have been advice to typesetters to make sure that lower case Ps and Qs did not get mixed up. The expression means to be on your best behavior or to mind your manners. The British sometimes use it to remind children to say please and thank you.  

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Ohio at-home COVID test distribution changing

Library distribution paused; schools and universities prioritized
Posted by Paula Scott on January 13, 2022 - 3:20pm

The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) announced on January 12 that the distribution of free at-home COVID tests through public libraries will be paused and priority given to supporting school and university testing. 

Since September 2021, the Bluffton Public Library has distributed some 3,000 tests to the public.

As of the afternoon of January 13, the Bluffton Schools did not know when to expect delivery of tests. Superintendent Greg Denecker contemplated turning over tests to the Bluffton library.

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Silver and gold

By Karen Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
Posted by Staff on January 13, 2022 - 6:00am

Remember Silver and Gold sung by Burl Ives in the 1964 movie Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, a Christmas classic widely known by many different generations? In 2005, Silver and Gold was included on the Disney Princess Christmas Album. Many may be familiar with Dolly Parton’s Silver and Gold released in 1991 with the lyric “And time can’t be brought back with silver and gold.” This line is particularly poetic during the pandemic. Grammy-award winning gospel artist Kirk Franklin released a song titled Silver and Gold in 1993.

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Weekend Doctor: Bronchiolitis

By Ailing Chen, MD, Caughman Health Center
Posted by Staff on January 8, 2022 - 6:00am

Bronchiolitis is one of the most common respiratory illnesses among young children. It's caused by a viral infection that affects the tiny airways in the lung called the bronchioles. As these airways become inflamed, they swell and fill with mucus which can make breathing difficult. Bronchiolitis is not the same as bronchitis which is an infection of the larger airway that typically causes health issues in adults.

What causes bronchiolitis?

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