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Employees Under 30 More Likely To Call In Sick

Colleen O'Quinn — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:11:21 +0000

Workers under 30 are twice as likely to take time off if they have a cold than the older generation, according to a survey. A poll of 3,000 adults found the fast-paced modern workplace is taking its toll on younger workers. More than two thirds of under-30s took at least one day off for a [...]

Sick – Colleen At The Ridge

Colleen O'Quinn — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:16:41 +0000

One issue with having three young children in preschool and school is that they pick up crud from other kids. This week, I have had two sick kids at two different times. I am getting it. I could feel it yesterday when I woke up

Can Too Clean Be Too Much For Children?

XL Country — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:29:17 +0000

Typically, little girls are cleaner than their hole digging, bug squashing, eat what’s been on the ground counterpart known as little boys. But a current study has theorized that squeaky clean girls are more likely to get sick later on than the the dirty boys. Whitney Blair Wyckoff – NPR.org There’s a growing body of [...]

Mommy Memos: Mom Is Sick

Colleen O'Quinn — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:58:20 +0000

This is the reason I get my Christmas shopping and wrapping done so early. It never fails, some crud goes around the school, and I get it last. My kids are all starting to feel better, and I have been drinking Emergen-C like wine. Obviously, it didn’t work, because I have fever, chills, stuffy nose, [...]

The Flu

Tom Jordan — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:24:16 +0000

I got my first flu shot ever last month, thanks to my employer, Townsquare Media, XL Country 100.7! I was pretty leary about getting it. Not sure I wanted to go that route. I haven’t had the flu or been really sick like that for years. However, I went ahead and did the deed. So [...]

Mommy Memos: Everyone is sick!

Colleen O'Quinn — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:34:52 +0000

Everyone is sick!!! There is some kind of nasty crud going around and everyone in my house has it. Part of my job is having my husband Mike at home taking care of the kids in the morning. I have had no less than five calls asking me where the thermometer is…where the medicine is…and [...]