January 2012
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Carbohydrates and The Immune System →
I am Robert Su, M.D. Welcome back to my special non-English Language Program for you. In my last discussion, I told you about how carbohydrate causes diabetes mellitus. Today, I am going to discuss with you about how carbohydrate badly affects your immune system. Hyperglycemia is proinflammatory and inflammatory. It interferes with the immune system….
December 2011
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Putting the Brakes on Your Anxiety Naturally →
If you take the time to look at the crazy, high-speed life that most of us live every day, it becomes far easier to see why the number of people who end up suffering from anxiety attacks has been climbing at an incredible rate. We spend so much of our life on the go, eating a terrible diet, and despite the fact we are always moving, getting very little in the way of exercise. As you look at a...
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Ulcerative Colitis Condition Center - →
Nearly 1 million people in the U.S. have an inflammatory bowel disease, and half have a type known as ulcerative colitis. Ulcerative colitis can cause severe bouts of diarrhea, crampy abdominal pain, and other symptoms, possibly caused by an abnormal immune response that damages the lining of the colon and rectum.
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Causes, Symptoms and... →
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that attacks the joints. Although it shares some symptoms with osteoarthritis, the type of arthritis that usually occurs in older people due to wear and tear on joints, there are some key differences. Rheumatoid arthritis can attack at any age, can come on rapidly, and may be accompanied by other symptoms, such as fatigue.
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Soba With Black-Eyed Peas and Spinach →
Good-luck charms from all over the world join forces in this comforting noodle dish.
glamorous resilience: You have Crohn's Disease.... →
throughmyeyes17:
glamorousresilience:
Crohn’s patients, Stop handicapping yourself. Yea, we have a “disabling condition.” Doesn’t mean we’re handicapped. Stop disparaging and CARPE DIEM.
Disability vs. Handicap: A disability is an inability to execute some class of movements that typical unimpaired humans are able to execute. A
This fucken post made me want to vomit and take a shit at the...
Soba With Black-Eyed Peas and Spinach →
Good-luck charms from all over the world join forces in this comforting noodle dish.
Recipes for Cooking with Crohn's Disease →
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Dec 28 2011 Admission 1 day 2 sore throat
I woke up at 545 am with such a sore mouth, my gums hurt my throat hurt so much i feel my forhead i dont htink i have a fever, so i buzz the nurse for tylenal she sets me up and draws blood from my port to test my white blood cells, i go back to sleep to get waken up by housekeeping knocking shit around the room gabage pails and hitting the mop into my bed.. i wasnt impressed, then marc shows up...
OMG!!!
I am sitting on my sofa, indian style!!!! Why am I excited? Well, when I had my first Lupus flare up, I lost ALL flexibility in my legs (then couldn’t walk for 2-3 weeks). Now I can cross them!! Lupus can kiss my ass!!!
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Dec,27th 3am First Admission Day 1
I woke up feeling feverish, i went to the washroom thinking it would cool me down and went back to bed and turned my heating blanket off as i lay there i know something does not feel right…. I jump back up to go down stairs grab my thermometer, it comes to 101.5, so by this point im freaking out i was always told with chemo it is dangerous to have a fever of 100 or over and go to emergency,...
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New Super Painkiller 'Zohydro,' Out by 2013, is... →
By 2013, a new super painkiller containing highly addictive pure hydrocodone may be on the market.
Hydrocodone, a highly addictive opiate, is in the same group as oxycodone, methadone, morphine and heroin. It is more commonly known as Vicodin, Vicoprofen, Hycodan, Lortab and Lorcet-HD.
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Scholars Retract Another Study Linking Virus to... →
Other researchers were unable to confirm the findings of the 2010 study, which had lent support to an idea put forth in a 2009 paper that was retracted last week.
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Oklahoma Woman Unable to Swallow Food →
Layla Payton recalls when doctor number 20-plus threw up his hands in frustration and told her she was anorexic.
He said all he could do was send her to a psychologist. Then he strode out the office door. Payton ran after him.
“I’ll do anything. I will. I will do whatever,” she told him.
“I was starving,” Payton explained.
But during her appointment with the...
la vita fermata: NEWSFLASH: "Bipolar" is not a... →
lavitafermata:
twilight-perfection:
lavitafermata:
Just unfriended someone on Facebook who I’ve known for years. She’s a nice person and all, but she was calling some asshole out for his supposedly douchey behavior after he wrote this big long thing on her FB wall and in her response, she likened his behavior to acting like “a bipolar or…
I’m bipolar too and I don’t like it either, but did...
Being Ill is A Lonely World
throughmyeyes17:
I wouldn’t wish an illness on anyone. Because being ill I one thing. Feeling like you’re alone is another. Having people give you the impression you’re a burden is the cherry ontop of the sundae.
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Natural Remedies To Boost Immune System →
The Immune System is the body’s defense mechanism to handle invaders. It is an amazing work of nature. It does a very good job of fighting off illnesses and infections when it is in good condition. It is absolutely vital that you have a good strong immune system to fight off diseases, infections and all manner of ills. It is possible to boost your immune system naturally, and build it up into...
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Top 5 Foods and Herbs To Control Cholesterol →
Millions take statin drugs to help lower their cholesterol, making it one of the most popular classes of prescription drugs on the market today, but like most prescription medications, these drugs are often unnecessary. Whether your health is at the top of its game or not, there are a number of...
You know you have crohns/colitis when...
luckycolon:
You and the toilet are best friends.
-luckycolon
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Medical Breakthrough: The Root Cause of Chronic...
Special Thanks To:
Blaine
December 30, 2011 by Dr. Isaac Eliaz
Medical researchers have discovered that a rogue molecule called galectin-3 is directly involved in chronic and life-threatening diseases such as heart disease, cancer, cirrhosis, arthritis and Alzheimer’s. But there’s a natural way to fight back against galectin-3’s destruction: modified citrus pectin, the only proven...
Dating, Relationships, and Crohn's Disease →
Body Image and Crohn's Disease →
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WatchChristian Teen Shares Final Thoughts Before His Death -
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New Treatment for Celiac Disease? →
Blocking an inflammatory protein called interleukin-15 (IL-15) may help treat the symptoms of celiac disease and prevent the development of celiac disease in certain at-risk people, according to new research in mice published in Nature.
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christimas holidays as a Cancer patient a bit to...
Dec,24th2011
we had a small get together at marcs moms house with the kids it was so nice she made a great supper and yummy tarts for dessert she and marc surprise dme and the boys with a santa clause, we opend presents with santa for almost an hour and ot to take turns sitting on his lap.The kids got so spoiled from Grandma, like always. shes one GREAT grandma we love her so much. So time to go...
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Joel Turtel -- The Judge's Wife →
“I’m sorry, Michael, I’m through, I’m finished. I can’t stand it anymore. I’m leaving you. I want a divorce. I love you. I always will. But I’m leaving you,” said Patricia Wellington to her husband of thirty years, Michael Wellington.
Coming up on my 2 year remission.
“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure,...”
– Buddha (via julia-moonburn)