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Savor These Power Foods For Your Heart Health

Savor These Power Foods For Your Heart Health

Posted by on Mar 10, 2016 in Blog, Coronary artery disease, Hypertension, Stroke |

March is National Nutrition Month.  It is a educational  campaign started in 1973 by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. To celebrate the importance of “eating right,” the Cleveland Clinic has created an infographic on power foods for your heart which we are sharing here.   Include these foods in healthy recipes. Some of these foods help...

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Why Do We Sleep? Sleeping and Sleep Awareness Week

Why Do We Sleep?  Sleeping and Sleep Awareness Week

Posted by on Mar 5, 2016 in Blog |

“Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it… Let’s do it,” ~Cole Porter Let’s Fall Asleep. All right, so the song doesn’t go like this exactly but it is true that everybody–bees, birds, scorpions, dolphins and lots of other animals–sleep. The Dangers of Sleep Yet if you think about it, sleeping is a pretty dangerous...

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6 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Your Kidneys

6 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Your Kidneys

Posted by on Mar 1, 2016 in Blog, Kidney stones, Urinary incontinence, Urinary tract infection | 7 comments

You eat a burger and drink lemonade.  Your digestive process breaks the proteins, fats and carbohydrates into smaller components that can be absorbed in the blood.   Waste products end up in the blood too.  Can you imagine what your blood would be like if there were no filters?   6 Facts about Kidneys Luckily, there are kidneys.   Kidneys are one...

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5 Things You Need to Know About Insulin-Dependent Diabetes & Illness

5 Things You Need to Know About Insulin-Dependent Diabetes & Illness

Posted by on Feb 24, 2016 in Blog, Diabetes mellitus | 4 comments

Vigilance is the watchword for caregivers of people with insulin-dependent diabetes. What do you need to know when illness strikes? Energy The body requires more energy when it is sick.  That energy fuels the immune system’s fight against infection.  People who are sick are often not interested in eating. With type 1 diabetes or insulin-dependent...

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Free Vacation For Adults Affected by Cancer

Free Vacation For Adults Affected by Cancer

Posted by on Feb 20, 2016 in Blog, Breast cancer, Colorectal cancer, Hodgkin's lymphoma, Lung cancer, Lymphoma, Melanoma, Multiple Myeloma, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Prostate cancer | 49 comments

Stating the obvious: cancer takes an enormous toll on the sick individual and their family. Being stretched financially and every other way-emotionally, physically, spiritually and everything in between-may make the idea of a vacation a low priority. Yet downtime is important. But what if the vacation were free? There are organizations that have made it...

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