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Advance Health Care Directives and Living Wills
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Most people don’t want to think about death and dying — so they don’t. Until they have to.
Unfortunately, that often means that families are left struggling with difficult decisions about important matters, such as whether or not Mom would like to be kept alive using a ventilator, or who should be in charge of managing Dad’s financial affairs.
Because Mom or Dad never made clear what they wanted for themselves…
What Is Your Inspiration?
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“If there’s one thing that I’ve learned, it’s that people are willing to embrace you if you share your story.”
Even Beginners Can Curb Pain With Meditation
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Meditation has long been touted as a holistic approach to pain relief. And studies show that long-time meditators can tolerate quite a bit of pain.
Now researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have found you don’t have to be a lifelong Buddhist monk to pull it off. Novices were able to tame pain after just a few training sessions.
Stop the FDA from regulating supplements and nutrients
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The Dietary Supplement Labeling Act pretends to be consumer-oriented, but instead will give the FDA redundant power that it could easily misuse, restricting your access to nutritional supplements and raising the cost of buying them.
In short, nutritional supplements will be regulated like prescription drugs…
Tags: consumer interests, FDA, nutritional supplements, unnecessary legislation
Explaining Epilepsy to a Friend…
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Explaining epilepsy to a friend is no easy matter. Sometimes they may be scared. Some may be curious. Some may want to help. Some may want to flee.
But, obviously, those who care will want to understand you. For those friends, here are some brief epilepsy facts:
Let us be thankful…
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In 5 minutes you can help feed the hungry around the world, provide free mammograms, contribute to research for autism, help our returning veterans, donate books for needy kids, help save the rainforest and those unfortunate animals in shelters.
And all of it is FREE!
The Mystery of Epilepsy and Celiac Disease
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The relationship between celiac disease and epilepsy has been documented in medical journals for decades. Yet neurologists rarely consider it as an underlying possibility in cases of idiopathic epilepsy.
It never ceases to amaze me what an impact celiac disease can have on one’s life and quality of life, but there is no routine testing for it. Yet, I‘ve been told (and have read) that very few people with epilepsy are told of the possibility of celiac disease!
Tags: brain, celiac disease, Epilepsy, Folic Acid, gluten, malabsorption, nervous system, nutritional deficiency
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