Sunday, February 6, 2011
Ruby Dee a Legend in Her Own Time | Socyberty
Ruby Dee a Legend in Her Own Time | Socyberty
Ruby Dee at 84 years old is a legend in her own time. She was raised in Harlem where she is still revered. When she goes into a favorite restaurant her friends give her a standing ovation. Dee and her husband Ossie Davis had a 57 year marriage until he passed away in 2005. They were staunch fighters for Negro rights and Davis spoke at the funerals of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Stop Diabetes in Its Tracks | Healthmad
Stop Diabetes in Its Tracks | Healthmad
We are a nation of overweight junk food junkies, not all of us, but studies tell us 66% of adults (not counting children) are overweight and underactive. This fact is a recipe for Diabetes in parents and children. We can stop this trend by buying healthy food for our families and getting everyone out to exercise. Stuffing our faces isn’t worth the cost of diabetes, strokes, heart disease and all that comes with overeating and being couch potatoes. So come on folks, lets move it.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Acute Kidney Failure (Renal Failure) | Healthmad
Acute Kidney Failure (Renal Failure) | Healthmad
Acute kidney failure usually happens when people are very sick. When the kidneys have more work than they can bare they stop. What is truly amazing is that it doesn’t happen more often. It’s more common in hospitalized patients who are in ICU. The patient will require dialysis treatments during the hospital stay but kidney function can return to normal as the patient recovers. In other cases dialysis may be required for weeks or months before recovery of full kidney function. Some patients may never recover kidney function.
Acute kidney failure usually happens when people are very sick. When the kidneys have more work than they can bare they stop. What is truly amazing is that it doesn’t happen more often. It’s more common in hospitalized patients who are in ICU. The patient will require dialysis treatments during the hospital stay but kidney function can return to normal as the patient recovers. In other cases dialysis may be required for weeks or months before recovery of full kidney function. Some patients may never recover kidney function.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Ladies, Smoking Will Add Wrinkles to Your Face | Healthmad
Ladies, Smoking Will Add Wrinkles to Your Face | Healthmad
Besides all the damage to your lungs and other organs, smoking adds wrinkles and years to your face. Even 20 year olds are receiving skin and lung damage from the 4,000 plus chemicals in tobacco smoke. Smoking is a no win situation. It ages you faster and destroys your lungs. Cancer risks are also higher for smokers than non smokers, and not just in the lungs.
How Can I Tell If I Have Kidney Disease | Healthmad
How Can I Tell If I Have Kidney Disease | Healthmad
It’s hard even for doctors to agree on how to detect the early onset of kidney disease. It’s best to have your doctor do a regular yearly routine test to be sure. If you have hypertension you are a candidate for kidney disease, on the other side of the coin, if you have kidney disease you are a candidate for hypertension. So if you have one it’s good to be watchful for the other.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
A Diet Plan That Works | Quazen
A Diet Plan That Works | Quazen
This is a diet that will work to help you lose weight or to keep from gaining extra weight. It is really not a diet at all but a common sense eating plan that will keep you at your healthy best. We have heard of the rice diet, the protein diet and so on. They don’t work in the long run. They may work short term but you cannot live on those diets for long. We must have a variety of food to stay well and strong.
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