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Keeping your mind and body in check - popular topics in health and medicine to maintain a long and healthy life.
The Worst Health Fads of 2017
Most health trends end up being more harmful than beneficial in the long run. That's why it's important to take a step back, and really become educated in the process of any health fad you are considering taking part in.
Kelsey LangePublished 6 years ago in LongevityWhat It's Like to Never Get Better
Chronic? Chronic. The word means "persisting for a long time or constantly recurring," when relating to an illness. Isn't that a scary thought?
My Health Demon
Hi, my name is Chants. I’m 28 years old and I have a chronic illness that makes me feel like I’m an OAP (Old Age Pensioner). And what is the name of this evil thing, I hear you ask? My demon is called Fibromyalgia, and there is no known cure, and it only gets worse.
chants richardsPublished 6 years ago in LongevityHow Cancer Changed My Life
Cancer. It's a big ugly word that we hear more and more often as time progresses. We hear cancer and think of chemo and radiation, losing hair and nausea. We think about the effect of cancer on the person fighting it, forgetting about how it affects those that surround that person. When I was 31, my mom was diagnosed with esophageal/stomach cancer. Thankfully, they caught it early and she never had to go through chemo or radiation. Still, her having cancer completely changed my life. Not necessarily negatively, just changed.
Kristen LeePublished 6 years ago in Longevity1. As Above So Below
It wasn't me that changed my eating habits, it was my body. When I was 16-years-old, after suffering from many symptoms of multiple sclerosis, I was officially diagnosed as having such.
John "Seu Juon" CarrPublished 6 years ago in LongevityHome Grown Healing
I would like to start this article with the question, "Why do we get sick," which was recently posed by the contemporary, Dr. Sebi.
Carl HambyPublished 6 years ago in LongevityWho Am I Now?
I have always struggled with both physical and mental health problems but in the last two years my physical health has significantly declined. 2016 was a struggle, but I was still able to work in between hospital stays. I was also studying, writing short stories for a collection which was going to be published, working in a job that I loved and going on hiking holidays with my family.
My Health
I want to tell you that I am 16. I will be 17 in a month, like that is relevant. I guess my age is relevant in the sense that I am a teenager and I am dealing with a 60-year-old's problems.
Baylee PollardPublished 6 years ago in Longevity5 Tips on How to Cope With Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is one of those "hidden diseases" where you usually can't physically see what's going on, but it's still there. Because of this, doctors tend to write it off as something else or just outright say there's nothing wrong with you. What do you do when people say it's all in your head, and you genuinely feel like you're going crazy? Or when this illness is taking over and ruining your life?
Savana VerretPublished 6 years ago in LongevityHow to Quit Sugar
Most of us by now know of the destructive tendencies of highly processed and refined sugars. Now the question becomes this:
Milestone MediaPublished 6 years ago in LongevityLiving With CP & Embracing Life as an Artist and Disability Advocate
My name is Emily Beatrice Goss and I am a disabled artist. The last year has been an incredible journey. The summer of 2016 began a new chapter of my life once I received my BA in Performing Arts at Boise State University. I officially became the first college graduate in my family, which became a HUGE milestone I will always be grateful for after the years of hard work and countless sleepless nights packed in a dark theatre for hours on end. On top of juggling back-to-back shows and an overwhelmingly packed school schedule, I continued living my life with Mild Cerebral Palsy. Professors, colleagues, peers, and close friends would constantly see me darting across the quad, running to auditions or production meetings or classes in my bright red motorized scooter with my production binders and scripts in tow. The whole process became a routine that I grew to love, and an experience I will never forget. The road certainly has not been easy, but I feel it's time to tell my story...
Emily GossPublished 6 years ago in LongevityMigraine Girl
Every story starts somewhere. And the beginning of this story is very clear. It was Thanksgiving, and I was 13. I was sick. When I say I was sick... we aren't talking about a little cold or a sore throat. My mom was in PA school, so we were certainly not overly cautious. I didn't go to the doctor for every little thing.