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On the Go with Type 1 Diabetes? A Diabetes Kit Can Help

On the Go with Type 1 Diabetes? A Diabetes Kit Can Help

Posted by on Jan 18, 2016 in Blog, Diabetes mellitus | 4 comments

What’s A Diabetes Kit? If you or someone you care for has Type 1 Diabetes, creating a kit is a must. Highs and lows are part of life, especially for children and adolescents with Type 1 diabetes, simply because they are growing. A diabetes kit is a collection of the tools you need to deal with the extreme highs and lows that can happen with Type one...

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What Is A Professional Chaplain?

What Is A Professional Chaplain?

Posted by on Jan 14, 2016 in Blog | 5 comments

This is a good question and one that may surprise many people. Professional chaplains are people of any faith community–Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, Christian, Hindu and more–ordained or endorsed by that community.  Their role is to provide “emotional, spiritual, religious, pastoral, ethical, and/or existential care” in a secular setting. ...

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Benefits of Coffee…Does It Improve Your Workout?

Benefits of Coffee…Does It Improve Your Workout?

Posted by on Jan 11, 2016 in Blog |

The Wonder of Coffee Coffee has been around for a long time.  The tree has grown in Ethiopia for centuries.  According to legend, one day long ago a goat herder name Kaldi watched his goats eat berries from the tree.  The goats that ate the berries were energized, running around and not sleeping at night.  Kaldi shared his observation with the abbot of...

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Snot or Not: An INFOGRAPHIC Explaining Nose Mucus

Snot or Not: An INFOGRAPHIC Explaining Nose Mucus

Posted by on Jan 6, 2016 in Blog |

Tissue Alert It’s cold and flu season!  Your nose is running and the tissues are piling up.  Did you know that the mucus from your nose, also called snot, can tell you about what’s going on with your body? It’s true.  Take a look at this infographic explaining mucus by the folks at Cleveland Clinic. Explaining Nose...

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New Beginnings Through Preserving Fertility: Welcome 2016

New Beginnings Through Preserving Fertility:  Welcome 2016

Posted by on Jan 1, 2016 in Blog, Lung cancer |

Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality. ~Jonas Salk Hope Filled Update In 2014, Emily Bennett Taylor’s story was featured in November in the post Hope, Mice and Lung Cancer. At 28, the former college athlete was about to celebrate her second wedding anniversary when she learned that she...

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