PSA of the Week

This is truly an epic PSA in its beneficial message and simple presentation.

Watch this:

It’s the PSA of the Week! And it’s a twofer! First watch this 30-second Public Service Announcement. Listen to the announcer’s voiceover at the end. With his words in mind, watch this PSA from South Africa. Eye opening, isn’t it? Don’t be the person who complains about a barking dog or a neighbor’s loud music, but who turns a deaf …

PSA of the Week

As we do every Tuesday here at The Internet’s Most Salubrious Blog, we offer a brief message in the public interest. Today’s PSA (public service announcement) powerfully illustrates the well-known maxim that a picture is worth a thousand words. With the additional words in the caption, this message contains a total of 1,004 words. That’s a veritable torrent of words, …

PSA o’ the Week

Do not be this person (even though the soloist handled it perfectly). That, in full, is this week’s Public Service Announcement. CLICK IT or CUT & PASTE: http://www.wimp.com/phonesolo/

This kills two birds with one stone. Not that we have anything against birds. Quite the contrary. But we always post a Public Service Announcement in this space every Tuesday. And today is the start of the #1 cancer awareness month of every year. Face it: no one even knows what other cancers go with what other months. We just …

It’s a PSA!!!

You may print and frame this piece and hang it in your entryway for every visitor and guest to see. Now that would indeed be a public service.

PSA I

As September and Childhood Obesity Awareness Month continues, one oft-heard comment is that nutritious food is too expensive; people living with economic adversity are forced to buy Coke instead of milk or juice; french fries are cheaper than potatoes, etc. In rebuttal, feast your eyes upon the following illustrations. Their date of origin is unknown, so the prices may be …

PSA II

Remember this? We posted it on April 17, 2012. Terrie Hall died yesterday in North Carolina, hailed as a public health hero for her efforts to help others avoid her fate. She was 53.

PSA??? On a Thursday???

I know, I know, public service announcements are supposed to appear here on Tuesdays. Rules are made to be broken, isn’t that what they say? Especially if it’s for the betterment of the entire human race. And even more so if it’s a matter of extreme importance to world peace, promotes human dignity, saves marriages and interpersonal relationships, prevents unemployment, …

PSA of the Week

As Medical Examiner readers know, this week is National Suicide Prevention Week, and today is World Suicide Prevention Day. This week’s front page story (scroll down to read it) relates a number of sad statistics about suicide, including the statement that “every day more than 20… members of the US armed forces die by suicide.” The figures we have seen …