RiPPa, editor and publisher of The Intersection of Madness & Reality, is facing a medical crisis and is in need of our help. I'm Going Blind - I Need Your Help Breathing is one of the many things in life that we all take for granted. Good health and sight are two more. Even though I've lived with diabetes for years, I never envisioned a time where I would be … [Read more...] about ACTION ALERT: “I’m Going Blind – I Need Your Help”
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POU Weekly Health Thread: A Fish Pedicure??
Okay, which POUer would try this? From ABC News Fish pedicures may be a growing trend overseas, but not in the United States. You sit in a salon, with your feet in water, while small fish nibble away dead, callused skin. Now, an Arizona woman who started offering fish pedicures is going to court to defend her business. … [Read more...] about POU Weekly Health Thread: A Fish Pedicure??
POU Weekly Health Thread: Meet the Moss Brothers!
h/t to The Grio The Doctors Will See You Now! Drs. Vincent and Vance Moss, 41, are twin surgeons who share a passion for helping others. This passion can be traced as far back as their years in the Boy Scouts of America, during which they both earned the highest honor of Eagle Scout — an honor each considers one of their biggest accomplishments. After attending … [Read more...] about POU Weekly Health Thread: Meet the Moss Brothers!
POU Weekly Health Thread: Racism and Stress
After reading about Forest Whitaker's encounter with a deli employee, I thought this topic should be bought back up. Anger Over Racism Is Seen as a Cause of Blacks' High Blood Pressure ''HE was on the faculty at Harvard, but when he went to Harvard Square to get a cab, no one would pick him up - because he was black,'' said Dr. Dean Ornish, a physician who was treating the … [Read more...] about POU Weekly Health Thread: Racism and Stress
POU Weekly Health Thread: Sinuses…….UGH
Sinuses, the horror. The torture. Try being cute or fly with a bad sinus infection. I dare you. Sinusitis is an inflammation, or swelling, of the tissue lining the sinuses. Normally, sinuses are filled with air, but when sinuses become blocked and filled with fluid, germs (bacteria, viruses, and fungi) can grow and cause an infection. … [Read more...] about POU Weekly Health Thread: Sinuses…….UGH