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Keeping your mind and body in check - popular topics in health and medicine to maintain a long and healthy life.
What Exactly Happens in a Kidney Transplant Surgery? . Top Story - October 2017.
Your kidneys are bean-shaped organs, each located at the opposite side of your abdominal region. Like every other organ, your kidneys are in charge of elimination of waste products from our body. Waste products are toxic to your system and are very harmful if not eliminated in time. Our kidneys filter the blood to remove these unnecessary substances from our body and discard it out of our system.
By Siya Nathan8 years ago in Longevity
Holistic Health and Healthy Eating Tips
About 70% of my snaps on Snapchat consist of food. 90% of those are snaps of healthy food. I'm a health conscious person and have been since the beginning of high school. I succumbed to diet fads and was solely interested in being skinner (than I already was) but now it's a lifestyle... but not in a dangerous way. Like every other teenage girl, I had body image issues, despite being a 5'0", 90 pound girl. I was always small and continue to be, but now I eat not for my weight, but for myself and holistic being.
By Ankita Upadhyay8 years ago in Longevity
Epilepsy
A week ago, I experienced my first grand mal seizure after being seizure-free for ten years. I have found, in my years of being epileptic, that I have missed out on experiences, jobs, and relationships due to people's failure to understand what epilepsy really is. So, without further ado, I'm hoping to write a little bit about my experience suffering from grand mal seizures and their recurrence.
By Archie Swenson8 years ago in Longevity
Life with Chronic Migraines
Migraines are not a one-size-fits-all illness. Some may only have one or two migraines in their life; others suffer from migraines on a regular basis. The statistics for migraines show that nearly 13% of Americans suffer from migraines and nearly 3% suffer from regular migraines. Migraines in this pattern are commonly known as chronic migraines and are what approximately 1,110,000 people suffer from in America. I am one of the 37 million total migraineurs in the United States and I'm here to tell you what it's like to suffer from chronic migraine pain.
By Maranda Marie Osborne8 years ago in Longevity
D.N.R.
DNR: It's a term that a lot of people have not heard before and may not understand. It is commonly used in hospitals and nursing homes to designate patients who don't care to receive "heroic measures" to sustain life. The non-abbreviated term is "do not resuscitate."
By Heather Horton8 years ago in Longevity
3 Convenient Beverage Hacks that Can Boost Your Health
In a world where most of us are too busy living in what seems to be a never-ending rat race, ensuring a nutrient-dense eating agenda can be an arduous task. Here are three beverage hacks that are quick to prepare, and can help you achieve your nutritional ambitions without delaying your day.
By Josh A. Gutkin8 years ago in Longevity
Discovery of a Seizure Disorder
No one ever wants to be sick, to have issues. I was used to taking medication for different reasons my entire life. But starting my college years, I never thought this would be such a tiring process. Five years of testing and doctor's visits to try to resolve this issue.
By Heather Cotter8 years ago in Longevity
Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
When you have a parent with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (aka F.A.P.) you have a 50/50 chance of also getting this APC gene mutation. Hepatoblastoma is a related childhood liver cancer that also has a risk of being passed on to your children. If you're EXTREMELY lucky (or blessed, depending on your beliefs) none of your children will have the mutation, but unfortunately for my fraternal twin Heather and I, we "received" these mutations. Heather was diagnosed with Hepatoblastoma when it was too late. Even though she had weight-loss and in pictures I could see her chest bones and the nurse told our mom her distended stomach was because she was constipated when really....she had cancer. At 2 1/2 years old (1994) my twin died of cancer. Because no one thought anything of it....She had no chance. I lost my best friend forever.
By Tiffany Probus8 years ago in Longevity
Five Easy Ways to Stay Healthy at Work
Getting into shape and eating healthy is hard enough, but what do you do when it comes to your workplace? Sure there isn’t a salad bar or an exercise room to indulge your fitness envy. However, even though it may seem like a challenge, there are easier ways to stay fit at work than you think.
By Pat Cooper8 years ago in Longevity
Coffee: Elixir of the Driven
You may think it’s a stretch to refer to coffee as an elixir; but, what about as an alternative medicine? I would consider that a stretch too had it not been for different studies on the impact of coffee (or rather) caffeine on the body.
By Bonnie Simpson8 years ago in Longevity
