This book's author was featured on PBS's television program "The Brain Fitness Program." This book mixes scientific research with anecdotal stories. This is not really a self-help type book, but it does give the reader a good overview of brain science. It will not give the reader examples of "how to
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Every patient over the course of their disease will learn the tell tale signs pointing to their body entering a "flare up". I am one of those patients who know their body like a road map. I know every scar, every blemish, every black and blue. I have learned that any change, addition, or variation o
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A 5 -week Program for Living a Heart- Healthy Lifestyle So, February came and went, and I was so busy that I missed "Heart Month". The American Heart Association had many program's Like the infamous "go Red" campaign, and as I watched the news anchors wear red, and even my favorite TV shows incorpor
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Author: Mari Florence This was the first book I ever read on fibromyalgia. I was diagnosed with it in November of 2004, then later with lupus SLE in 2005. I had never heard of fibromyalgia before and when my rhuematologist told me it was causing all my symptoms, I didn't know what to think. I google
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The Checklist presents itself as a manual or guideline to a healthy lifestyle; just follow the steps using the “Decade by Decade Health Maintenance Plan”, and you will stay as healthy as possible. Though the concept brought out the skeptic in me, as I read through the chapters, which are organi
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Author: David A. Morton III, M.D. If you have found yourself no longer able to work due to chronic illness, it is likely that you have had to either apply for disability benefits, via Social Security, or at least consider doing so. The various stages in the process and the question of whether you qu
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By Sharon Moore Since my diagnosis I have contemplated the idea of going "Natural". It seems there are more drug warnings and recalls than before. Needless to say, neither the drug companies nor our doctors ever know all the side effects that may transpire from long term use of a d
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A 30 day plan to boost energy, enhance weight loss, heal GI problems, prevent disease, and slow aging. by John R. Taylor N.D. and Deborah Mitchell I have been hearing a lot about probiotics lately, in the news, on television and even by some of my health blogging friends. Simply put, probiotics ar
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The title of this new cookbook might not immediately grab you with it's lowercase lettered title and the concept of low salt dishes. This is a cookbook that you buy with good intentions of getting healthy and cooking nutritionally better dishes. Since I wanted to write a review of this book I needed
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By Eugenia Zukerman & Julie R. Ingelfinger, MD Have you ever had the chance to experience the tranquil sounds of classical music? I'll bet you have. Have you ever picked each and every instrument out one-by-one as your brain separates wood from string? These are the thoughts that leaped into m
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In addition to my lupus, I also have fibromyalgia. One of my best friends was recently diagnosed with it as well. I love her. I feel that although pain and fibro is something I know a bit about, I can not help her acceptance of this diagnosis. I have seen ...
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Wear orange or purple, send friends your favorite awareness websites (bydls.com ? lol) to educate, read, ask your friends to read some lupus facts, make your status a lupus support or awareness message, blog about lupus, blog about your friends with lupus, Do something nice for a person living with ...
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Don’t Be Afraid of the Paper Directions! So much paper packing In the box and such a thick instruction book. All those languages, I only speak English. I have to guess you are trying to hide the best secret in the world: that the new 550 is EASY to use. I ...
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How lucky is this? In the mail today, I received a free sample of Musselman’s Apple Sauce, just when I made a commitment to lose weight last week. The great god of internet says I can snack on ½ cup of unsweetened apple sauce for 2 points but with a ...
Please take the time to read Christine Miserandino's personal story and analogy of what it is like to live with sickness...
Sometimes you just gotta have a sense of humor! The top ten worst suggestions commonly given to someone with a chronic...
I have an invisible illness. To look at me you would see a short, fat, middle-aged grandmother. Sometimes I walk with a...
Before I even get started with this article, let me state for the record, that for those who have been approved for shor...
Pay no attention to the girl behind the smile... It has been said by many people that I am a very good actress. "But ...
