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Chronic Kidney Disease

by Clemdog | Jul 15, 2013 | Kimberly Allen R.N., Medical | 0 |

by Kimberly Allen, RN In the past chronic kidney disease, or CK,D went by other names like chronic...

The Sweet Benefits of Kicking Sugar Addiction

by Clemdog | May 8, 2013 | Health, Michelle LeSueur | 0 |

by Michelle LeSueur BeP, CNC, CSN, CPT Are you someone that has to have something sweet everyday?...

about Angina

by admin | Apr 15, 2013 | Kimberly Allen R.N., Medical | 0 |

Angina is not a disease but a symptom. It is the most common symptom of coronary artery disease. Over 10 million Americans suffer from angina with another 500,000 new cases being diagnosed every year…

Robin Williams Snickers Ads are Bad for Your Health

by admin | Apr 4, 2013 | Diet, Staff Writer Eddy B. | 0 |

by Eddy – Staff Writer It’s shocking to see the lengths that the corporate industry media...

How to Naturally Lower your Blood Sugar Glucose Levels

by admin | Mar 22, 2013 | Medical, Staff Writer Eddy B. | 0 |

By Eddy- Staff Writer Keeping your blood glucose sugar levels in check is always a good thing...

The Truth about Artificial Sweeteners!

by admin | Mar 11, 2013 | Medical, Staff Writer Eddy B. | 0 |

by Eddy- Staff Writer An artificial sweetener is a sugar substitute that imitates the taste of...

Diabetic Retinopothy

by admin | Mar 4, 2013 | Kimberly Allen R.N., Medical | 0 |

Diabetes Mellitus is a significant medical problem worldwide and can cause a wide range of long term health issues throughout your body. These long term effects also have a significant impact on society as well as the patient because not only is diabetes increasing in prevalence it also tends to strike people when they are in their most productive years…

The Viciousness of Visceral Fat

by admin | Feb 14, 2013 | Kimberly Allen R.N. | 0 |

Most people don’t realize that not all fat is created equal, one is definitely more dangerous than the other. Yes, there is more than one type of fat. There’s the fat you can pinch around your waist line, that’s called subcutaneous fat. And while it may make you cringe to look at, it’s the fat that’s underneath the muscles surrounding your organs that you don’t see that should really give you pause…

about Gangrene

by admin | Nov 28, 2012 | Kimberly Allen R.N., Medical | 0 |

Gangrene is considered a serious and has the potential to be a life-threatening condition that develops when a mass of body tissue dies. There are numerous conditions that can cause gangrene to develop including infection, injury, even frostbite. Anything that affects the circulation of blood to any area of the body can lead to gangrene…

Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia

by admin | Nov 13, 2012 | Medical | 0 |

The most common condition associated with hypoglycemia is insulin dependent diabetes. However, there are several other conditions that can cause hypoglycemia including …

Living with Type 1 Diabetes

by admin | Sep 17, 2012 | Kimberly Allen R.N., Medical | 0 |

Type I Diabetes has gone by other names in the past – insulin dependent diabetes and juvenile diabetes. Type I Diabetes is much less common than type II and it differs from Type II in many ways. First of all, it is an autoimmune disorder. Also, in Type I Diabetes, your pancreas simply does not produce insulin where as in type II your pancreas doesn’t produce enough insulin and what it does produce doesn’t work to open the cells…