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Christina Bruni

Christina Bruni, Health Guide

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Librarian and Writer

Schizophrenia News: January 2013

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Adasuve (loxapine) for the acute treatment of agitation caused by schizophrenia or bipolar 1 disorder.    Adasuve is the first non-injectable form of therapy for symptoms of agitation.   Two phase 3 clinical trials involving 1,600 patients were carried out with either Adasuve or... Read moreChevron
posted 01/08/2013, comments (0)|
My Bariatric Life

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My Bariatric Life on Health Central has the largest collection of original content that teaches, through her real life experience, how to be successful after weight loss surgery. She also offers great information for those considering weight loss surgery.

Confronting America’s Obesity Epidemic

  The Obesity Epidemic   Most of us know that eating right will help maintain a healthy weight. Eating right may even protect our bodies against a variety of chronic diseases, including coronary heart disease, diabetes, osteo­porosis and various cancers, according to experts at Johns Hopkins. Yet despite the vast amount and... Read moreChevron
posted 01/08/2013, comments (0)|
Lisa Emrich

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Musician, Patient Advocate, Author of 'Brass and Ivory' blog, and Founder of the 'Carnival of MS Bloggers'

Folic Acid: Important for RA and for Mothers

Folic Acid Awareness Week is January 6-12, 2013 sponsored by the National Council on Folic Awareness (NCFA), a partnership of national organizations, associations, and state folic acid councils. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Council on Folic Awareness emphasize that adequate folic acid intake is important for... Read moreChevron
posted 01/07/2013, comments (0)|
Dr. Bill Quick

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Physician who is living with diabetes; editor of www.D-is-for-Diabetes.com

Pumpkins Heal Diabetes?

I just read a recent (January 2013) news story that claims that “Pumpkin Can Help Heal Diabetes.” The author of this news story states that “Pumpkin has proven to heal the pancreatic tissues of diabetic rats. So, we can certainly hope that pumpkin will cure diabetes in humans at some point of time.” As far as I can... Read moreChevron
posted 01/06/2013, comments (0)|
Pam Flores

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Patient Blogger, wife, advocate, and caregiver

Osteoporosis in the Young: Interview with Alice

We will be interviewing Alice V. Roberts, a courageous lady who has had osteoporosis since she was very young.  Alice will take us through her journey with osteoporosis and its many difficulties.    Alices' Bio: I was diagnosed with severe osteoporosis in 1991 at the age of 35, by doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, AZ. In... Read moreChevron