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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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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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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Food, Food, Food! It’s the Holidays! What would the holidays be without food, especially forbidden foods? Are you afraid of eating too much? Here are a few strategies that may help you eat less during the holidays. And they are based in psychology. Food psychology, that is. There is a program at Cornell University that tries to understand cues...
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The American Cancer Society and the American Society of Clinical Oncology have joined forces to build guidelines that can be used to treat survivors of breast cancer by primary care physicians. This is great news because there hasn’t been any standardized follow-up for those breast cancer patients that have undergone surgery, radiation and...
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Thank you to the Centre For Sight for a fun and interesting history of cataract surgery. Cataract Surgery...
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Waiting at the Doctor’s Office If there’s a professional emergency, like a patient who is extremely sick or a personal emergency, like the physician or her family is ill, most patients are okay with waiting to see their doctor. But if waiting at the doctor’s office occurs on a regular basis, what’s the message? That’s right…the...
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“Have not seen this example of carbs before. I need to understand more. I am NID type 2 diabetic.” “I have type2 diabetes..I don’t understand too much about carbs..could send me a list of the amounts of carbs in food please…thanks..“ Carbs and carb counting help people with diabetes keep their blood glucose levels under control. But the...
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November is Diabetic Eye Disease Month. Two of the most common disorders of eye for diabetics is diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema. The causes of both of these disorders is changes in the small blood vessels that feed the retina. These tiny blood vessels provide oxygen and energy to the cells of the retina. Without necessary nourishment, the...
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There is a substantial segment of the population working unseen and without pay in the U.S. They are tireless, unsung heroes helping those who may not be able to care for themselves. They are family caregivers. A few surveys have been conducted in recent years to finally document who these people are and what they do. The latest is The National...
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Prediabetes is a condition that can lead to the development of Type 2 diabetes according to the CDC. You have prediabetes if your blood glucose is higher than normal (though not high enough to be diagnosed with diabetes). Other risk factors include Your age: you are “45 years of age or older” Your weight: you “are...
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