Saturday, February 11, 2012

All People Who Are Living In "Boise"

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What If You Have Asthma & You Get the Flu?

If you follow my shareposts at all, then you are probably aware that I strongly encourage my readers who have asthma to get immunized against the flu every single year. It's recommended by asthma experts and flu vaccination is safe, easy and fairly inexpensive... and certainly well worth it.   But I know that not every person with asthma... Read moreChevron
posted 02/10/2012, comments (0)|
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Nutrition and COPD - When Keeping Weight ON Is a Problem

A while back, I talked about how to eat healthy to avoid gaining too much weight when COPD makes it hard to stay active and burn calories. But many people who have COPD actually have the opposite problem -- keeping weight on.   As your disease progresses and makes breathing ever more difficult, you can find that the mere act of eating a... Read moreChevron
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New Blood Test May Detect COPD Much Earlier Than Traditional Diagnostic Methods

COPD/Emphysema often goes undiagnosed, sometimes for years, after it actually starts to cause damage to the airways and lungs. As the third leading cause of death in the United States, this is problematic.   When COPD is not diagnosed and treated, damage to the lungs can occur that could have been prevented or at least slowed down. And that... Read moreChevron
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Migraines have Increased

The past few months my migraines have increased in frequency and also with accompanying symptoms.  I'm getting more vertigos, sparkling auras, and now nausea that I never had before.   I don't know if it is because of the cold air or what.  My fibro is flaring along with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and it... Read moreChevron
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Dark Beast

With slitted eyes                you wait for me   Seen in auras and           jagged dancing lines   I am the darkened room        shuttered and shaded   I am the whispers... Read moreChevron
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