Sleep- Not Always Easy to Get

August is "Good Night, Sleep Right" month at ButYouDontLookSick.com! As many of us know sleep can often be a dream in itself when you’re lying in bed at night wide eyed and frustrated, unable to fall asleep. With many chronic illnesses and many medications comes the dreaded insomnia, but although

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How Sleep Helps Your Body Survive and Heal

August is "Good Night, Sleep Right" month at ButYouDontLookSick.com! Modern research says that few people sleep well anymore, however good sleep is all important if you’re going to be healthy. The term, good sleep, means your body experiences all four complete sleep cycles: alpha, beta, delta, an

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An Overlooked Mental Health Option: Call a Hotline

Today about one in four American adults are living with a diagnosable mental disorder. However, the average American's understanding of mental illness is minimal at best and often the stigma surrounding individuals with mental illness is almost as harmful to them as their actual disease. To further

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7 WARNING SIGNS OF CANCER YOU MAY MISS

by Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph.D. and Jacqueline Nardi Egan Authors of the book Body Signs. We all know the important warning signs of cancer: a breast or testicle lump, unusual bleeding, and a change in a skin mole. Unfortunately, by the time some of these are noticed, the cancer is often in its late

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The Importance of Keeping a Medical Journal

I had thought that I had a lot of experience being an "advocate" for a sick person. After all, I unfortunately had a lot of practice with doctors and hospitals, as a result of my daughter Christine's decade long struggle with Lupus. I knew all about coming to a doctor's office or hospital armed wi

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How to Make a Wheat Heating Pad

We have all seen those microwave heating pads selling in the stores for big bucks, and I always thought "Boy I wish I knew how to make one" They look so easy to make. So my new friend Wendy gave me the "directions" and it is easy enough to do and so helpful to those of us who get cold easily or have

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The Benefits of Tai Chi for Those With Chronic Conditions

With my slow legs, working out is something I’ve had to forgo this past year, but since I’m usually active, I’ve wracked my brain for absolutely anything I can do to keep the juices flowing. What I came up with is the low-impact sport of Tai Chi. Many of you may, like me, normally consider s

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2007’s Top Ten “Disability Hygiene” Helper List

These helpful items and ideas will soon become a staple in your home. 1. A long, absorbent, cotton terrycloth robe is soft and can take the place of having to use a towel. 2. Make soap, shampoo, and hair conditioner easier to use and more cost effective by buying a container for each with a pump

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Isolation Due to Illness

Do you ever feel isolated and alone due to your illness? Isolation or alienation from family and friends can become cumbersome and hard to deal with, as your disease/illness progresses. I hate to keep using the phrases “I remember” or “I use to be able to..." and to be perfectly honest with

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A Warning to Self Help Junkies

As I went about dusting and organizing my bookshelf, I noticed something that I've never paid much attention to before. I realized just how many self help books I had, with rows and rows of books offering promises of better days, better body, better memory, greater spiritual fulfillment, etc.. As

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