Multiple sclerosis or MS is a serious disease caused by the degradation of the myelin sheath that protects the nerve cells. The symptoms can be severe or mild depending on the patient. The patient is referred to as “she” because MS overwhelmingly affects women. Here are 15 MS symptoms in women that shouldn’t be ignored. […]
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You are probably familiar with the yellow coloring and curry flavor of turmeric. What you might not know, however, is that it is one of the most powerful ingredients for fighting disease. Included in the top list of disease-fighting herbs with garlic, ginseng, ginger and cinnamon, turmeric is widely researched for medical use. The Curcuma
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Contrary to popular belief, your eyesight isn’t slated to diminish simply because you’re growing older. It’s true the body changes significantly as you age, but your eyes aren’t like your laugh lines or your worry lines. Many people do experience changes to their vision as they grow older, but it has more to do with
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Desperate times call for desperate measures, and weight-loss surgery has been highly recommended to shut off the overflow of American obesity and its load of complications. A third of adult Americans are now classified as obese, and two-thirds are overweight. Some have blood glucose levels considered pre-diabetic, and a whopping 29 million are full-blown type
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Chances are you know someone living with diabetes. You may even be diabetic. It’s important to take diabetes seriously. It may lead to blindness, heart attack, stroke, leg amputation, and kidney failure. In order to protect your health people should know the main diabetes facts. Why are more people becoming diabetic? Health officials say the
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Your child has hit that magical age where they are starting the transition to adulthood. The first step their bodies are taking is pushing out the baby teeth, and replacing them with the permanent adult teeth they will have the rest of their life. However, wait, before you throw out those little pearly whites, those
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Surprising Facts about Blindness Let’s start with something most people aren’t aware of. Many people who begin to lose their sight later in life are legally blind, not totally blind. Many people assume if they see someone with a white cane, they are totally blind and this is simply untrue. Now, being legally blind means
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Being a Blind Person is Kinda Fun! By Crickette Edited By Stephanie Dawson Being a blind person is kinda fun. You weren’t expecting that, were you? See, people expect it to be miserable (and sometimes it is, though not for the reasons you may think) and treat people with visible disabilities accordingly. And honestly?
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Mitochondrial Disease is rare, and therefore not as well known, as many other diseases. Mitochondria are the tiny inner parts of almost every cell in your body, they are kind of the cell muscle, which turns sugar and oxygen into energy for proper functioning. With mitochondrial disease, or disorder, the cells, for some reason, do
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