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Can Fiber Prevent Stroke?
When a person has a stroke, his or her brain function is losing rapidly because of disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia (lack of blood flow) caused by blockage or a hemorrhage (rupture of a blood vessel or an abnormal vascular structure). Show More Summary
Sunday Funnies: Ballroom Diabetes + Our D-Blog Week Faves
We skipped yesterday’s prompt on Diabetes Blog Week for our regular weekly advice column, so today we bring you two treats: First, our Sunday Funnies, addressing the Saturday D-Blog Week prompt… Diabetes Art. Hey, dance is an art form ya… The post Sunday Funnies: Ballroom Diabetes + Our D-Blog Week Faves appeared first on DiabetesMine: the all things diabetes blog.
Chicago Bound For Autism One
Mark, Cat and Dan smile for a photo op. By Cathy Jameson I wait all year for this week to arrive. This is the week I get to take a much-needed break and head to the Windy City. Surrounding myself...
Share your story about living with cancer
Sharing your cancer stories can provide a ray of hope and reassurance to others. Make a difference.
Ask D’Mine: The $471 Billion Dollar Question
Got questions about navigating life with diabetes? Welcome to our weekly advice column, Ask D’Mine – the place to get some colorful answers from veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator, Wil Dubois. This week, Wil takes a look at… The post Ask D’Mine: The $471 Billion Dollar Question appeared first on DiabetesMine: the all things diabetes blog.
Weekly Wrap: Gag Me
By Dan Olmsted There's a moment in the 1950 movie Born Yesterday where the malaprop-prone Judy Holliday says, "This country and its institutions belong to the people who inhibit it." I'm starting to think Judy got that exactly right. It's...
Congratulations to Sam Wessels 10 year old CNN iReport Award Winner for Autism
Many of you know Lin Wessels, a tireless advocate for people with autism - who by virtue of living in Iowa was able to meet all of the Presidential candidates, along with her son, to introduce them to autism. Lin...
Autism and MMR before the Lancet Paper? Mumps, Marketing, and Monopoly!
Below is a new video from Dr. Andrew Wakefield. You can view the full series of videos at Autism Channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYcxIrs4oyk
HIV Vaccine Awareness Day Bulletin
The implementation of scientifically proven HIV prevention strategies is helping to reduce the number of new infections — the annual HIV infection rate globally fell by 22 percent from 2001 to 2011 — but a great deal more must be done. Significant scale-up of proven HIV prevention strategies coupled with the discovery of new HIV...
May 19th is National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
As we celebrate Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Heritage Month and the many accomplishments of AAPIs, we also want to recognize that these communities still face many barriers to health and health care, including HIV/AIDS. To recognize these challenges, May 19th has been designated as the National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day....
The Weekender: 3 Ways to Fill Those Fun Days
TGIF! As with every Friday, we check in with Adriane and Claudia Kiss of TheKissters.com (their site, which features entertaining tips and tricks to help you "live large on small change!") to see what's hot for the weekend. Get ready to start filling up your calendar -- fast.
HPV Vaccination -- A Wasted Resource for African Americans?
The United States has no reporting system for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infections. Infections and the development of warts appear to be common throughout life. In general, genital HPV infection is considered to have become dramatically more frequent over the past several decades. Show More Summary
Raw Sex, Roulette Parties, HIV/AIDS and BDSM
Justin's HIV Journal: Justin talks about Raw Sex, Roulette Parties, HIV/AIDS and BDSM Read more...
Justin on the Guys at Brunch Show Talking About Living With HIV/AIDS
This is the show Guys At Brunch. I was on the show back in 2011. It was amazing but I love these guys so I had to post it here. Read more...
Antoine Dodson Renounces Homosexuality
YouTube pseudo celebrity Antoine Dodson has publicly renounced homosexuality, announcing on Facebook and TMZ that he has become a "True Chosen Hebrew Israelite descendant of Judah," is "no longer into homosexuality" and now wants a wife.....GURL PLEASE!!! Read more...
The Power of Knowledge
Knowledge is a powerful thing. We can use it for greatness or use it against the natural order of the life that God has given us. That's with every single thing in life. Just because you know how to make a bomb, does not mean you have to use it to destroy others. Nope, even the "baddest" technology can be for a greater good. Read more...
Flashback: Diana Ross in Central Park
She arrived on the stage covered in colorful braids amid stylized African dancers. Drums played exotic rhythms as she unveiled herself before 800,000 people -- the largest in the history of Central Park. Dressed in a glittering orange suit with billowing fabric, Diana Ross welcomed the cheering masses as an ominous summer storm darkened the sky. Show More Summary
May 18th HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (HVAD): A Conversation with Dr. Carl Dieffenbach
May 18th is HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (HVAD), led by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health. We spoke to Dr. Carl Dieffenbach at NIH, who had this to say about HIV Awareness Day: “[On Vaccine Awareness Day] we can take a moment to acknowledge the study...
Hepatitis Testing Day
This week, we mark the second annual observance of Hepatitis Testing Day. Establishment of this national health awareness day on May 19 was called for in the Action Plan for the Prevention, Care and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis as part of efforts to decrease health disparities by raising greater public and health care provider awareness,...
D-Blog Week: At Least It's Not ...
Today's D-Blog Week prompt is: "If you could switch chronic diseases, which one would you choose to deal with instead of diabetes? And while we’re considering other chronic conditions, do you think your participation in the DOC has affected...Show More Summary
