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What Makes Multiple Sclerosis a Chronic Illness

Multiple Sclerosis, like so many other diseases is a chronic condition. What makes an ailment chronic? Anything of long duration, or subject to a lengthy period, is chronic. Since MS is incurable, it is a...

6 comments    health tips fun
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Lupus: The symbol is beautiful; the disease is not

Today has been an awesome day. In fact, the last few months overall have been great, but today was awesome- well as long as we are talking about my health. I didn't feel exhausted straight out of bed. My...

4 comments    lupus autoimmune chronic illness
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Best Automatic Cat Feeder

There's been a growing epidemic of feline obesity in recent years. There's a constituent of cats that will overeat if being free-fed. I have one of those kitties, if the food is there, she will eat. In...

20 comments    cats feline diabetes cat obesity
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How to Explain Fibromyalgia to Family & Friends

How to explain Fibromyalgia to family and friends.

2 comments    fibromyalgia chronic illness
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Reflections

During the past 5 years I have gone through some difficult and frustrating times with chronic illnesses. I have made so many trips to the ER that the EMT’s, nurses and some of the doctors recognize me;...

0 comments    god christianity pain
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Lyme Treatments

deer tick from http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/ This hub does NOT GUARANTEE anyone a cure to lyme disease. (Assume I use the word “supposedly” in about every treatment-related sentence.) I am NOT a doctor. I AM a...

1 comment    health medicine symptoms
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How To Live Well With A Chronic Illness

Staying healthy so life can be enjoyed is a top priority for most people. Millions are spent each year on exercise regimes, vitamin supplements, counseling and ‘super foods’. Television channels and the...

14 comments    health advice illness
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good food for high blood pressure

When the word high blood pressure is mentioned majority feels that it is the sickness of the old age, it is true that majority of those that are affected by high blood pressure are aged people between 50 and...

0 comments    blood pressure high blood
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M.E - my elusive illness

SO MANY PEOPLE SEEM INFLICTED BY THE VAST RANGE OF SYMPTONS ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME (M.E) AND YET THE MEDICAL PROFESSION CAN NOT AGREE TO WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS. I HOPE THAT MY PERSONAL...

3 comments    illness fibromyalgia m.e
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BOREL OPINION COLUMN: $Social In$Security

by Helen Borel, RN,PhD Dear Readers: No talking heads are raising this urgent subject! Not even AARP has fought against it, nor publicized this outrageous loss in pension monies owed to American Seniors in...

3 comments    death american heart attack
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