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4 Million Americans Suffer from this autoimmune disorder and don’t know it

4 Million Americans Suffer from this autoimmune disorder and don’t know it

Posted by | Mar 7, 2016 | , ,

4 Million Americans Suffer from this autoimmune disorder Venus Williams may have been ranked number one in the world when it comes to professional tennis, but like four million other Americans, she also suffers from Sjögren’s (pronounced SHOW-grins) syndrome, an autoimmune disease. Sjögren’s is named after Dr. Henrick Sjögren, the Swedish ophthalmologist who discovered the autoimmune disease in 1933. Sjögren’s is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease where white blood cells attack their moisture-producing glands. Despite being one of the most prevalent autoimmune diseases, Sjögren’s is also one of the more misunderstood. That’s because Sjögren’s is often overlooked or misdiagnosed....

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The Dangers Of Nightshades: Why Eating The Wrong Fruits And Vegetables Can Make Pain Worse

The Dangers Of Nightshades: Why Eating The Wrong Fruits And Vegetables Can Make Pain Worse

Posted by | Mar 7, 2016 |

The Dangers Of Nightshades Nightshades are a specific group of plants belonging to the Solanaceae family which includes over 2,000 species. They are also some of the most popular foods consumed today; they include tomatoes, potatoes, all types of peppers, and eggplant. Not truly a nightshade member but containing the same inflammation-inducing alkaloids are blueberries, huckleberries, goji berries and ashwaganda (Indian Ginseng). Nightshades induce inflammation through a specific chemical known as solanine. Researchers now believe this chemical may actually irritate the gastrointestinal tract. When it’s absorbed into the bloodstream, it can cause destruction of the oxygen-carrying red blood cells....

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RIP: Country Singer Joey Feek dies at 40, survived by husband Rory and daughter Indiana

RIP: Country Singer Joey Feek dies at 40, survived by husband Rory and daughter Indiana

Posted by | Mar 4, 2016 | ,

Country Singer Joey Feek dies at 40 We are so sad to say that Joey Feek died on Friday, March 4, in Indiana near my hometown, after her long battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband Rory, and their daughter, Indiana. Rory, who documented her battle against the disease for several months on his blog, This Life I Live, announced the sad news on his site with an emotional post. “My wife’s greatest dream came true today. She is in Heaven. The cancer is gone, the pain has ceased and all her tears are dry,” he began. “Joey...

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Study- Waste in Cancer Drugs Costs $3 Billion a Year

Study- Waste in Cancer Drugs Costs $3 Billion a Year

Posted by | Mar 4, 2016 |

Waste in Cancer Drugs Costs $3 Billion a Year This story should anger you. Read on. A group of cancer researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center published a study on Tuesday in BMJ(formerly known as the British Medical Journal) which found that the Medicare program, and private health insurers, waste nearly $3 billion every year buying cancer medicine sold in vials too large for one patients use. Currently, nurses are only allowed to use drug leftovers in other patients if used within six hours, and only in specialized pharmacies. This behavior ensures that patients pay thousands of dollars for medicine...

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10 Quotes From a Sioux Indian Chief Will Make You Question Everything About Society

10 Quotes From a Sioux Indian Chief Will Make You Question Everything About Society

Posted by | Mar 4, 2016 | , ,

10 Quotes From a Sioux Indian Chief Will Make You Question Everything About Society The Great Oglala Lakota Sioux Chief, Luther Standing Bear, was raised in the traditions of his people until the age of eleven and then educated at a boarding school in Pennsylvania. The Carlisle Indian Industrial Boarding School taught him the English language and a new way of life, one that enabled him to live a half life; between the truths he had learned as a child- the way of the people of the Great Plains- and a new culture spread by European pioneers. He was...

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