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Keeping your mind and body in check - popular topics in health and medicine to maintain a long and healthy life.

A Need to Switch Evening Snacks
I realize I can’t do cereal, breakfast bars, or chocolate anything for breakfast. Shakeology from Beach Body is actually giving me stamina but not in excess. I can still slow down at night with my meds. I need to improve my medication snack as well as my diet overall. I have been struggling with infusion sets failing twice in one batch, so I have decided not to use that batch since all could be flawed. I opened another box, which seems to be working so far. Having high blood sugar from failed infusion sets or a messed up bolus for insulin taken for a meal can suck.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Longevity
Five Proven Health Benefits of Playing the Piano
American novelist Kurt Vonnegut loved music so much he once said: “If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph—the only proof of God he needed was music.” While many of us perhaps feel this way, did you know there are proven health benefits of playing the piano? Yes! Tickling the ivories doesn’t only seduce your ears and fill your soul—playing music can improve memory, reduce stress, and encourage creativity! So maybe it’s time to free your inner Mozart?
By David Porter8 years ago in Longevity
You Deserve Optimum Healthcare
Gone are the days the traditional doctor took care of every facet of your health care. Primary doctors, no longer carry an array of expertise to care for all the diagnoses they give you. Gone are the days your doctor came to your home to make house calls. They no longer have time to do this. Gone are the days when the hospital admits you for any reason and your family doctor visits you in the hospital every day. These days, when the hospital admits you, the hospital assigns a Hospitalist to care for you for the duration you are in the hospital. This Hospitalist talks with your family doctor every day to report your condition and findings. Your family doctor still has a say in your care.
By Carolann Sherwood8 years ago in Longevity
Cellulitis and Living in the Present
Last week my mother was rushed to the emergency room on orders from her doctor. She went in for her routine yearly checkup and this time I decided to go along with her. Normally she would tell me what was going on, if she needed a change a medication, or if she's been doing well and her doctor took her off some meds. Like I said, just a routine check.
By Kamalini Deonath8 years ago in Longevity
27 Years Ago on Memorial Day Weekend
Yes, that is a long time. Over two decades. I have had type 1 diabetes that long. My glucometer average says I’m 163. I have all but eliminated middle of the night high blood sugar. Nobody told me I’m a brittle diabetic whose blood sugars fluctuate easily. Yes, I suppose I fluctuate and when I was on Zyprexa in college, this didn’t help. Zyprexa caused random spikes in my blood sugar. I’m working on getting my average to 135. I’m now 28 points away from this. What will my victory feel like? I don’t know.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Longevity
Winning the Fight Against Brittle Diabetes
I’m close to winning the fight against my diabetes. Yes, I’m brittle. I mean I just heard about this one from my psychiatric nurse. Nobody ever said that. I guess I get lucky with infusion as being my way of managing my diabetes successfully. Infusion is as good as it gets. I already have perfect diabetes after all. I’m looking to win my battle with it, which will be won soon. I had to blow off my class at my job training school because I wasn’t feeling 100 percent. I felt blah from the middle of the night high blood sugars.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Longevity
Is Silver More Valuable in Your Pocket or Your Body?
Remember that every product on the market today offers pros and cons. No one product is perfect. Take a chance with colloidal silver?
By Carolann Sherwood8 years ago in Longevity
Bell’s Palsy
I was diagnosed with Bell’s palsy three days ago. It can occur when the nerve that controls your facial muscles becomes inflamed, swollen, or compressed (I was told it was nerve attacking the muscles in my cheek, that was scary). The condition causes one side of your face to droop or become stiff.
By Beth Holder8 years ago in Longevity
Allergic to the Cold?
I know that my siblings would envy the fact that I would get to skip out on boring tasks like shoveling the snow or standing by an open door in the middle of a Michigan winter storm calling for our very energetic dog to come back inside. I would too if I were them, but staying indoors under piles of blankets isn't all that it's cracked up to be in my world. Getting to skip out on yard work is just one of the very few perks I have with being allergic to the cold, because I also have to skip out when my family is throwing water balloons in the middle of August because it's a slightly cooler day!
By O Rose8 years ago in Longevity
A Life on Edge
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the breakdown of the nervous system which affects more than 2.3 million people worldwide. This neurological condition can appear in different formats: relapsing-remitting, secondary progressive, and primary progressive. Living with MS is not easy as many people may know. It can disrupt your day-to-day activities and have an effect on your immune system.
By Aliex Anne8 years ago in Longevity
Growing up With Scoliosis
I was diagnosed with scoliosis when I was 13 years old. At my annual well visit at the doctors, they had me bend over. Little did I know that those few seconds touching my toes would change my life forever.
By Paige8 years ago in Longevity
Artificial Sweeteners
Sugar is not merely sugar. Sugar comes in many different forms and is present in all the foods we eat and the beverages we consume unless the product label reads as, "Sugar-Free."
By Carolann Sherwood8 years ago in Longevity