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An Uninsurable's Reaction to Obama's 9/09 Healthcare Speech

An Uninsurable's Response To Obama's 9/09 Healthcare Speech President Obama has the amazing power to move a person to tears and to action. He speaks and suddenly all seems and feels possible. The Obama...

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Lupus Cures Arriving Soon

  November 20, 2008, marked the fifty years without a new drug developed to treat lupus patients.  Clinical Trials.gov describes systemic lupus erythematosus on their website.  “SLE is an often...

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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Our bodies have an amazing system of defense. We’re constantly bombarded by invading viruses and bacteria, but only a fraction make us ill. When part of the body is an unwilling host of such an invader, the...

6 comments    lupus autoimmune disease lupis
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Human Web, Melinda Winner's battle against arthritis

Have you ever heard of the Six degrees of separation (also referred to as the "Human Web")? The human web refers to the idea that, if a person is one step away from each person they know and two steps away...

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My French Toast61

How a Carnival Cruise Saved Me From Depression

After my last article, my cousin, Erin suggested that I take on a lighter subject and abandon my strong political passions, temporarily and write about something a little sweeter. Erin suggested that I write...

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Medical Mystery, The Ups & Downs of Life, Part II

Well my energy level went out the window by 9:00 this morning. It is now 11:00 am and I feel as if I have been slammed against the wall a few times. My right wrist hurts and hey I type for a living and I...

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Systemic lupus erythematosus (Lupus)

I was very happy to see that Hubpages actually has a separate category for Lupus; Lupus is an auto-immune disease that can be life-threatening. There is a huge lack of understanding or knowledge about the...

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Narcolepsy Diagnosis- I missed all the warning signs!

Hello again!  As you may have read in my previous blogs, I collect illnesses.  That sounds horrible but gosh, if I have to have them, the least I can do is joke about them!  My newest addition...

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28 Ounces: Alexi's Story from birth to 1 year

INTRODUCTION I am sure everyone has heard of the March of Dimes Foundation and seen the advertisements regarding premature babies, however until you have had encountered one of these tiny miracles first...

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Loosing a Father

I was thinking of my dad a couple of minutes ago and thought, as I usually have done, "Did I ever have a dad? I have never really felt like I have had a dad." Don't worry, I didn't live in a household where...

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