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Keeping your mind and body in check - popular topics in health and medicine to maintain a long and healthy life.
5 Dangerous Effects of Diabetes on Your Body
The increased glucose content contributes to a change in the properties of blood, disrupts the functions of the brain, cardiovascular system, affects the kidneys, and nerve cells. The catalyst for complications is most often stress, as well as infections, and viruses that can inhibit the immune system. Against their background, one or several complications may appear at once. Below is a list of pathologies that threaten patients with uncompensated diabetes?
By Amelia Grant6 years ago in Longevity
a mom with MS, raising millenials...
When we were kids, we were raised to be independent thinkers who would later grow up and raise their own. We sucked it up buttercup cause we didn't have the catered mindset. Band aids were for boo boos when we were still in the single digits, ice packs were an instant go to when anything hurt, fresh air, sunlight, and being outside until the street lights came on were our vitamins. And we survived! Now though, for any household with a millenial, tylenol is a staple, and these kids think that they are entitled to all that is out there before they ever consider having a job.
By Nina Sparks6 years ago in Longevity
Five Steps to a Healthier and Better You
With the dawn of each new year, many of us make resolutions to start exercising more and eating better. While physical health is certainly a worthy pursuit, total wellness includes mental health as well. Finding ways to work on ourselves physically, mentally and spiritually should be a goal at any time of the year. A total wellness plan helps us to be our best selves not just for our families and careers, but also for our own peace of mind. Here are some ways to boost your health.
By Paisley Hansen6 years ago in Longevity
Another Use for Viagra: Fighting Colorectal Cancer
According to the American Cancer Society (ACS) colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death among men and women in the United States. It is the third most commonly diagnosed form of cancer overall; around 1 in 22 men and 1 in 24 women are likely to develop it at some point.
By Frank Racioppi6 years ago in Longevity
What we're NOT eating is making us sick!
Traditionally the conversation about a healthy diet has been focused on lowering the intake of unhealthy processed foods, but a study published in 2017 in the Lancet shows that low intake of healthy foods is the more important factor, rather than the high intake of unhealthy foods. (Health effects of dietary risks in 195 countries, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017). Basically, the lack of fruit and vegetables consumed is greater risk for chronic disease than fat, sugar and salt put together. We’re just not getting enough vitamins and minerals and it’s making us sick!
By Zoe (Eats This)6 years ago in Longevity
Living with Hidradenitis Suppurativa
This is my story of how I live with Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS for short) About Hidradenitis Suppurativa: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a painful, long term skin condition that causes abscesses and scarring on the skin. The exact cause of hidradenitis suppurativa is unknown, but it occurs near hair follicles where there are sweat glands, usually around the groin, bottom, breasts and armpits.
By Lauren Rose6 years ago in Longevity
My Life's Story
Growing up in a small town of Alabama, Didnt have much growing at the time, however my parents did give me life and structure of how to be a person of like and admiration. I am a blessed person, my mom carried me for 6 months and life for me being born was very fatal. As time went on I suffered an head injury where I have to revieve 6 stitches. You may be saying Thats all? But when it comes to a merry go round with no gaurd or covering on it is plucking you in the back of your head, it would be a diffeent senario, but anyways, It was a miracle as I was out there on the school playground playing with my so call friends but really they were just class mates for that grade. As I pushed them around and around on that merry go around I went faster and faster and faster! Until all of a sudden I slipped! I fell right up on that merry go round and Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang! All i remember is getting up off of the ground and holding the spot where my head was hit, I cried and hollered and screamed,, and my friends (Classmates) screaming and running from me like it was a horror, which it probably was to them! I remember sitting in my class waiting for some to come and take me to the office and call my mother. This one girl that would try to always bully me, (Key word try). Walked up to me with her friends looking at the back of my head, she said yep his egg broke. Yep you heard me egg! She use to call me egg head. MMM> I wonder what shes like these days. Any way my child hood story unfolded to the next level in my life. I am a miracle chlild. Fast forwarding. In 2009 after I had a beautiful wedding with my lovely wife, 3 months later I was diagnosed with Kidney faliure, I was placed on dialysis to undergo 3 day a week treatment. It was the worst my wife and I could ever recieved. But we went with it hoping that it would help me to sumerge the thought off of it getting worse that it already was. I did every dialysis treatment that you could think off. Pd which is Home Peritoneal dialysis manually, Home Peritoneal dialysis night cycle machine, Treatment center hemo dialysis, and then there was a Big break! A new program was introduced to the patients that were compliant with their treaments, Thankfully I was one those people!! Its call the nocturnal program, whcih provide hemo dialysis treament at night in center 3 nights a week for 8 hours a day. It was great time managment and convient for myself and my wife and children. I did this for several months. One day I was at work at a clothing store, one of the Largest retail stores in the world for men. I REMEMBER CLEARLY BECAUSE IS WAS NEW YEAR EVE OF 2013 The work phone rang, me ironically answered, I did the store greeting and said my name, it was the clinic calling me, that day I left my phone my wifes car. They said thery were trying to reach me about the results for me being a possible canidate for a new Kidney, and that there were 3 canidates and 2 kidneys availible. So I ran across the street to tell my wife so we could both call them together, we went to my wifes office to call the person back, and thats when they told us what was going on... We had high expectations the rest of that day!
By John Robinson6 years ago in Longevity
Sugar Addict
I have a problem... with eating. When I am around others, I make the healthy choices. I try to be an example of the best choices for one's body. I have rid my household of chemicals and processed foods, and am always researching how to do better. I am the one that my friends go to when they have healthy eating questions, I follow all the healthy eating instagrams, and am constantly researching how to make better food choices for my family.
By Mistress Mayhem6 years ago in Longevity
Why do I feel both tired and dizzy?
Dizziness can refer to a feeling of lightheadedness, unsteadiness, or vertigo. Feeling dizziness once in a while is common as almost everyone feels dizzy at some point in their lives. However, if you experience dizziness symptoms regularly combined with tiredness and fatigue, you should consult with your doctor.
By Aditi Arora6 years ago in Longevity
Living with Hydrocephalus
You might have seen my title and thought omg that's the first thing people usually say to me. I don't have cancer I don't have a tumour unfortunately for me brain surgery is common because I have something called hydrocephalus which means water on the brain. You might remember seeing those baby with big heads and people would call them aliens? No they just have a water on the brain to stop this people like us need a thing called a shunt that goes into the head down the neck and into the tummy. I had my first brain subheading I was just 4 weeks old I was not born with hydro but developed outside of the womb a PV shunt was inserted and since then I have no need for a replacement the only thing that affected m Ewan's my eye sight and learning etc. I live a absolutely normal life like everyone else only certain things are a little harder for me. I thought nothing of my shunt as I grew older I actually started to think I no longer needed one because I was fine and nothing had ever actually happened to me with it. I'm now over 30 and just out of no where in the 27th of January 2018 I got this massive migraine when I say migraine I mean my head is throbbing so bad that even if I move just a bit I'm going to vomit and that I clean heart the throbbing right out of my ears. I was on 3 different heavy pain meds of the 3 days and nothing worked not even endone... I knew something was not right and I could hardly talk because I kept falling asleep that's all I literally did no matter what I could not stay awake. I was rushed to the hospital they did scans to see what's going on turns out my haunt had completely shattered and was no longer working not only that but I was actively dying I had a heart rate of under 20bpm and they where pumping morphinene into me like crazy with no relief The only was to stop it was to get emergency brain surgery I had absolutely no choice it was get brain surgery or die at that point I didn't care because I was in that much pain I felt dead anyway. My partner had to sign a waiver saying I could die or be brain damaged amongst other things. I didn't expect to come out alive I woke up confused dazed but I survived I could t believe it. Looking at the scans my head had completely filled itself with fluid they said that if I had left it one more day without going to the hospital I would of died as I was already dying when I got there it was so scary and now I feel like my life is different. There are still things I don't remember however I try my best everyday and I work hard at home around my kids. There is no cure for hydrocephalus and shunts are not the cure as they can break at anytime and malfunction at any time you can be fine one day then be dying the next I literally live my life on the edge because I never know if I'll be alive the next day or not.
By Luciana Isabella6 years ago in Longevity
