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If you know someone with a Chronic illness, in this case Chron’s disease, this is a must read –  Five Things I Wish I’d Known Before My Chronic Illness – The New York Times Note to employers and friends of someone … Continue reading

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News you can use: What color is your urine?

What The Color of Your Urine Says About You Infographic — Health Hub from Cleveland Clinic.

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Finally, half laughing, half pissed, he growled, ‘Just write the fucking story.’

…and so he did. Longreads – ‘My Body Stopped Speaking to Me’: The First-Person Account of a Near-Death Experience. Having a daughter with an autoimmune disease who was on steriods for an extended period of time, I identify with some parts … Continue reading

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Artificial pancreas for type 1 diabetics

Doctors Reporting Major Step Toward ‘Artificial Pancreas’ « CBS DC. “As a first step, I think we should all be very excited that it works,” an independent expert, Dr. Irl Hirsch of the University of Washington in Seattle, said of … Continue reading

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Five myths about this year’s flu 1. This season, the flu is deadlier than ever. Read the rest

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When running a 13 minutes mile is amazing…

Congratulations Dr. Helen.

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For my age 50 and older readers…

Colonoscopy Screening Markedly Reduces Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Death A good investment.

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Salt: Not so bad?

Apparently that’s the case. One could still argue that all these people should reduce their salt intake to prevent hypertension, except for the fact that four of these studies — involving Type 1 diabetics, Type 2 diabetics, healthy Europeans and … Continue reading

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Hey, what’s wrong with Salt?

Glenn Reynolds remarks…. Can we hold the people who peddled this advice accountable, at all?

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Cancer killers: I got the dark chocolate thing down no problem but I’ll have to work a little on the red wine.

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20 unhealthiest drinks in America

Quit the unhealthy drinks and lose 25 lbs in 6 weeks! I told Bill to start with beverages because between soda, coffee drinks, smoothies, and booze, he was sipping away more than a quarter of his daily calories. He’s not … Continue reading

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