Tuesday, June 11, 2013

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Vicki

Vicki, Health Guide

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Health Guide with Secondary Progressive MS and Osteoporosis

Resolutions and MS -- Question of the Week

What do you think about New Year’s Resolutions? Did you make one? If yes, how are you doing with that now? The long-time tradition of New Year's resolutions is practiced around the world, usually around the beginning of the year. In my personal blog I wrote about A New Beginning  around 2000 BC when the Babylonians’ resolutions... Read moreChevron
Carrie Beth Brown

Carrie Beth Brown, Health Guide

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Writer, Artist and Advocate for RA and Chronic Illness

Living with Chronic Illness: Six Tips for Keeping Your Relationship Strong

Relationships are difficult in the best of circumstances. When you add a chronic illness to the mix, it can be downright impossible to keep things happy and healthy between you and your partner. It's not impossible, though. I wanted to share with you how Rheumatoid Arthritis has impacted my relationship with my husband and the methods we use for... Read moreChevron
posted 02/27/2013, comments (0)|
Merely Me

Merely Me, Health Guide

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Freelance health writer, caregiver, and patient

Skin Cancer Screenings: Questions and Answers

Each month on Health Central’s Skin Cancer site, we select a member question or topic to explore with our consulting dermatologist, Dr. Lawrence Green, a practicing dermatologist and Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology at the George Washington University School of Medicine. This month we are going to be talking about skin cancer... Read moreChevron
posted 03/28/2012, comments (0)|
Lauren Mergen

Lauren Mergen, Health Guide

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Student. Yogi. Writer. Photographer. Narcoleptic.

National Sleep Awareness Week

This week is National Sleep Awareness Week, an annual public education and awareness campaign to promote the importance of sleep. About 37 percent of American adults report they sleep less than seven hours a night, although the National Sleep foundation suggests at least seven to nine hours. Getting less that seven hours of sleep increase the risk... Read moreChevron
posted 03/05/2012, comments (0)|
Florence Cardinal

Florence Cardinal, Health Guide

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Sleep Expert Patient

Heart Day: How Sleep Plays a Role in Congenital Heart Disease

For several years, February 14 has been designated Congenital Heart Defect Day. And what better day could there be than Valentines Day, with its ever-present abundance of hearts to remind us just how important the heart is?   What does this have to do with sleep disorders? Well, directly, not much, but indirectly sleep is involved on... Read moreChevron
posted 02/10/2011, comments (0)|