Health
Sickle Cell Disease
What is Sickle Cell Disease? Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that affects red blood cells. People with sickle cell disease have red blood cells that contain mostly hemoglobin* S, an abnormal type of hemoglobin. Sometimes these red blood cells become sickle-shaped (crescent shaped) and have difficulty passing [...]
About Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia (pronounced fie-bro-my-AL-juh) is a real medical condition. It includes all-over muscle pain that can make it hard to do even day-to-day tasks. The pain may vary from mild to severe. The muscle pain from fibromyalgia is one of the most common types of chronic widespread pain in the U.S. They may not know what [...]
Losing Weight the Healthy Way
During the holidays, we tend to overeat and eat foods we have no business eating. It’s so easy to do during holiday gatherings with friends and family. Obesity continues to be a serious problem and is predicted to reach epidemic levels by the year 2020. One way to prevent this scenario is to make people [...]
What is Acid Reflux Disease?
With all the holiday foods being eaten this holiday season, ensure you watch your diet so that Acid Reflux Disease can be avoided. Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), the medical term for “Acid Reflux” is defined as the product of abnormal reflux of gastric contents into the esophagus thus, creating a mucosal damage, likewise known [...]
What is Diabetes?
What is diabetes? Diabetes is a disorder of metabolism—the way our bodies use digested food for growth and energy. Most of the food we eat is broken down into glucose, the form of sugar in the blood. Glucose is the main source of fuel for the body. After digestion, glucose passes into the bloodstream, where [...]
Breast cancer mortality studied in black women
October is Breast Cancer awareness month. It is critical that starting at age 40 that women get a yearly breast exam. Below, I pulled an article from SFGate showing breast cancer mortality in black women. No matter what your color, if you are a woman, get your breast cancer exam today. ——————————————————————————————————– Black women in [...]
Alternative Health Therapies
My experience with Arthritis Different forms of Arthritises run in my family. I myself have a form of Arthritis. For the last three years, I have been in some level of pain. I have tried many medications, each having various types of side effects. I have always known that the medications I take for my [...]
Lupus Disease
I wanted to provide information for those suffering with lupus. The tutorial below is a great resource on providing information about the disease. The tutorial is in English and Spanish for those interested. If you or someone you know has Lupus, please pass this post along to them. My personal experience with Lupus; I have [...]
The Truth about Black Women and Preclampsia
My Experience with Toxemia; I was diagnosed with Toxemia during my pregnancy in 1987. I consider the disease to be a swift and silent killer. Why swift? It can affect you quickly and the symptoms can occur all at once. Why silent? When I was affected with toxemia, I thought most of the symptoms were [...]
