Sunday, May 19, 2013

Health Guides

Christina Bruni

Christina Bruni, Health Guide

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Librarian and Writer

Reclaiming Ourselves in Recovery

The term "illness identity" was coined to refer to how individuals diagnosed with mental health conditions define themselves by their illness and its symptoms.   The New York Times recently featured an article written by a woman diagnosed with bipolar about how she faced the loss of her self in private and no psychiatrist or therapist ever... Read moreChevron
posted 05/19/2013, comments (0)|
Eileen Bailey

Eileen Bailey, Health Guide

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Tips for Skin Care When You are on Vacation

It’s almost summer. Millions of Americans will be hitting the road over the next couple of months, traveling to see family, head to the beach or spend a week camping. Vacation time, no matter where you are heading, causing some special needs for skin care. It may be impossible to carry all of your normal skin care products with you or you... Read moreChevron
posted 05/16/2013, comments (0)|
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An Interview With Mischelle Jackson, R.N., RA Patient & Advocate

  In honor of Arthritis Awareness Month, I would like to introduce you to Mischelle Jackson. Mischelle is living with RA, Diabetes, Ankylosising Spondylarthropathy, Psoriatic Arthritis and Sjogren's Syndrome. Mischelle is an RN. She has taught me a lot of things over the course of our friendship. Some of those things came from her medical... Read moreChevron
posted 05/16/2013, comments (0)|
David Mendosa

David Mendosa, Health Guide

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Medical Journalist Living with Diabetes and Author of Fitness and Photography for Fun, www.mendosa.com/fitnessblog

Solving the Problem of Treating Diabetic Neuropathy

Being able to walk is something that all of us who have diabetes take for granted, at least until something makes it hard to do or even impossible. That something is often neuropathy, probably the most common complication of diabetes. But new treatments can prevent serious problems. About 12 percent of us have neuropathy when we learn that we... Read moreChevron
Lene  Andersen

Lene Andersen, Health Guide

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Writer, Advocate, Photographer

Juvenile Arthritis, Blindness and Living with Joy: An Interview with Joy Ross

-Joy Ross with Isabella and Georgianna   "I am happier without sight than when I could see."   Joy Ross is 36, lives just outside Portland, Oregon. She has been happily married for 12 years to her husband George and the mother of two beautiful daughters, Isabella (10) and Georgianna (7). Joy has had juvenile arthritis (JA) since she... Read moreChevron
posted 05/15/2013, comments (0)|