Betty Lin-Fisher: Links to Healthy Actions columns
The following links are to columns in the Healthy Actions series by Akron Beacon Journal/USA Today network Consumer columnist and Medical Reporter Betty Lin-Fisher. Many topics in 2018, 2019 and parts of 2020 also include video from a corresponding Facebook Live session with that month's expert. The topics are in chronological order since the project launched in January 2018. This project stopped during the COVID-19 pandemic and relaunched in May 2022. The format will be slightly different and there will no longer be a Facebook Live component. A Now You Know, Akron podcast will usually be available so you can hear the interview with the expert and videos of the interview are usually be available.
Have a topic you'd like to see discussed with a local health expert? Send Betty an email with "Healthy Actions" in the subject line.
To bookmark this page, which will have future Healthy Actions topics links, go to www.tinyurl.com/BettyHealthyActions
2023 Healthy Action topics:
New guidelines suggest heavy cannabis use should be disclosed before surgery (January)
Head throbbing? What's the difference between a headache and migraine? (February)
Oh my aching back! Tips from a spine surgeon (April)
BE FAST: Know the signs of a stroke with this acronym (May)
What's the difference between a multitasker and someone with ADHD? Start here (June)
2022 Healthy Action topics (series relaunched May 2022):
Healthy Actions: Let's talk about youth sports, athletes and their mental health (May 2022)
Are you anxious about crowds or fearful of public places? Learn about anxiety, agoraphobia (June 2022)
In need of a good night's sleep? Here's tips and help from a doctor (July 2022)
Are you tired? You may need to go see a doctor if it persists (August 2022)
Marathon experts offer running tips for all abilities (September 2022)
Want to lose weight? A doctor can help with that (October 2022)
Healthy Actions: The latest on car-seat safety and installation (November)
What's the difference between a gambling enthusiast and an addict? (December)
2020 Healthy Action topics:
Healthy Actions: The start of our third year, let's talk about healthy habits (January 2020)
Healthy Actions: Let's talk about children's sleep (February 2020)
(There was a hiatus with this feature in March-May 2020 for COVID-19 and then for the remaining time in 2020, 2021 and parts of 2022)
Healthy Actions: Let's talk about allergies (June 2020)
Healthy Actions: Let's talk about women's urinary health (July 2020)
2019 Healthy Action topics:
Healthy Actions launches another year; psychologist helps us make and keep New Year’s Resolutions
Healthy Actions: The importance of knowing what medications you're taking and how they interact
Healthy Actions: Hospice care is not just for final days of life
Healthy Actions: Child and teen depression and anxiety are real
Healthy Actions: Men, let's talk prostate health (June 2019)
Healthy Actions: Let’s talk about Lyme disease, prevention and treatment (July 2019)
Healthy Actions: Healthy dieting requires thought (August 2019)
Healthy Actions: Let's talk about heart health (September 2019)
Healthy Actions: Hearing loss can be lessened (October 2019)
Healthy Actions: Let’s talk about aches and pains (November 2019)
Healthy Actions: Holidays offer chance to size up aging parents' well-being (also Nov. 2019)
2018 Healthy Action project launch and topics:
Join Betty Lin-Fisher for a year of Healthy Actions
Healthy Actions: Follow these 5 tips to get fit
Healthy Actions: Health tips for women of all ages
Healthy Actions: Tips to keep young athletes injury-free
Healthy Actions: Health tips for men — and some for both men and women
Healthy Actions: How to recognize and avoid carpal tunnel syndrome
Healthy Actions: Let’s talk about depression and ways to cope
Healthy Actions: Are you taking care of your skin in the sun? Expert lays down the rules
Healthy Actions: Can alternative and conventional medicine be combined?
Healthy Actions: Tips from a dietician to get you through holiday eating
Beacon Journal consumer columnist and medical reporter Betty Lin-Fisher can be reached at 330-996-3724 or blinfisher@thebeaconjournal.com. Follow her @blinfisherABJ on Twitter or www.facebook.com/BettyLinFisherABJ and see all her stories at www.tinyurl.com/bettylinfisher