“Always trust your gut. Don’t leave your treatment in the hands of someone that you don’t trust or that does not seem like a team player. Yes, they are all smart—even brilliant—but read, read, read, and question them at every corner and challenge the standard of care. Exercise, healthy eating, learning the ropes of insurance, mediation/prayer...
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What does “Best If Used By…” really mean? Today we’re sharing an infographic created by the Cleveland Clinic that explains what these expiration date...
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Prior to the 20th century, most people lived about 47 years in the developed world because of infectious diseases. In 1940, the first use of penicillin to treat infectious diseases occurred and penicillin became available in 1945 to the general public. Science and research conducted throughout the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, created more antibiotics so that life...
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When we posted, “What’s in a name? Rheumatoid Arthritis versus Rheumatoid Disease,”we featured Kelly Young, a mom on a crusade to change thinking about an autoimmune disease that attacks the connective tissue of joints and systemically attacks the organs of the body – rheumatoid disease. Rheumatoid disease (also known as rheumatoid...
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When I think of vaccines, I think of the MMRV (measles, mumps, rubella and varicella) vaccines which help our bodies establish immunity against diseases that used to kill. Now, there are vaccines being created for cancer. The rise of cancer vaccines According to Dr. Nora Disis, an oncologist and researcher in cancer vaccines at the University of...
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