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Keeping your mind and body in check - popular topics in health and medicine to maintain a long and healthy life.
It Was Just an Ordinary Saturday...
It was just an ordinary Saturday in August 2011. I was downstairs in the kitchen with my daughter (16) while my son (13) was upstairs playing on his Xbox. He had bought new headphones that day which he could plug into the TV so that only he could hear his game & not worry that it was too loud for the rest of the house.
By Angela Cotton8 years ago in Longevity
10 Best Natural Sleep Remedies to Cure Insomnia. Top Story - June 2018.
Insomnia is one of the worst sleeping disorders to deal with on a daily basis because it prevents you from relaxing and getting a full night's rest. My college friend, Jen, dealt with the worse case of insomnia and she's also a nursing major. As a nursing major, we need sleep! Since we study literally all day, we expect to gain restful sleep at night. Jen hardly slept at all because of her insomnia. When she couldn't sleep, she'd study more and this completely drained her.
By Lilliana Backman8 years ago in Longevity
Treating the Whole Body
I would be one of first to hail modern medicine. Traditional medicine has come far from where it was years ago. Modern medicine saves lives every day, but sometimes at a cost of unwanted side effects. Modern traditional medicine treats the visible symptoms.
By Carolann Sherwood8 years ago in Longevity
One Sentence Is All It Takes
I don't think most people really understand how much words affect our everyday lives. In less than a few mere seconds our day could be made or utterly destroyed. With one sentence our world could be turned upside down in an instant. Calling someone beautiful, saying you like someone's shirt, or even simply saying hello could make someone who felt down and depressed perk up and enjoy the rest of their day.
By Crystal Kralewski8 years ago in Longevity
A Need to Switch Evening Snacks
I realize I can’t do cereal, breakfast bars, or chocolate anything for breakfast. Shakeology from Beach Body is actually giving me stamina but not in excess. I can still slow down at night with my meds. I need to improve my medication snack as well as my diet overall. I have been struggling with infusion sets failing twice in one batch, so I have decided not to use that batch since all could be flawed. I opened another box, which seems to be working so far. Having high blood sugar from failed infusion sets or a messed up bolus for insulin taken for a meal can suck.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Longevity
Five Proven Health Benefits of Playing the Piano
American novelist Kurt Vonnegut loved music so much he once said: “If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph—the only proof of God he needed was music.” While many of us perhaps feel this way, did you know there are proven health benefits of playing the piano? Yes! Tickling the ivories doesn’t only seduce your ears and fill your soul—playing music can improve memory, reduce stress, and encourage creativity! So maybe it’s time to free your inner Mozart?
By David Porter8 years ago in Longevity
You Deserve Optimum Healthcare
Gone are the days the traditional doctor took care of every facet of your health care. Primary doctors, no longer carry an array of expertise to care for all the diagnoses they give you. Gone are the days your doctor came to your home to make house calls. They no longer have time to do this. Gone are the days when the hospital admits you for any reason and your family doctor visits you in the hospital every day. These days, when the hospital admits you, the hospital assigns a Hospitalist to care for you for the duration you are in the hospital. This Hospitalist talks with your family doctor every day to report your condition and findings. Your family doctor still has a say in your care.
By Carolann Sherwood8 years ago in Longevity
Cellulitis and Living in the Present
Last week my mother was rushed to the emergency room on orders from her doctor. She went in for her routine yearly checkup and this time I decided to go along with her. Normally she would tell me what was going on, if she needed a change a medication, or if she's been doing well and her doctor took her off some meds. Like I said, just a routine check.
By Kamalini Deonath8 years ago in Longevity
27 Years Ago on Memorial Day Weekend
Yes, that is a long time. Over two decades. I have had type 1 diabetes that long. My glucometer average says I’m 163. I have all but eliminated middle of the night high blood sugar. Nobody told me I’m a brittle diabetic whose blood sugars fluctuate easily. Yes, I suppose I fluctuate and when I was on Zyprexa in college, this didn’t help. Zyprexa caused random spikes in my blood sugar. I’m working on getting my average to 135. I’m now 28 points away from this. What will my victory feel like? I don’t know.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Longevity
Winning the Fight Against Brittle Diabetes
I’m close to winning the fight against my diabetes. Yes, I’m brittle. I mean I just heard about this one from my psychiatric nurse. Nobody ever said that. I guess I get lucky with infusion as being my way of managing my diabetes successfully. Infusion is as good as it gets. I already have perfect diabetes after all. I’m looking to win my battle with it, which will be won soon. I had to blow off my class at my job training school because I wasn’t feeling 100 percent. I felt blah from the middle of the night high blood sugars.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Longevity
