It can be difficult to understand what it means to experience Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). Family and friends, for example, may become irritated if you frequently need to postpone plans for a get-together, or if you make excuses to leave a get-together early.
I have a friend with CFS (let’s call her Jane) who …
It has been proven that those care taking for family members or other individuals will experience extremely high levels of stress, thus the stress can compromise an individual’s entire wellbeing. Care taking for someone else, whether a family member who is sick or a friend in need of constant care creates a fine line between …
When my kids were little they used to beg me to take them, ‘once around the block”. We were a one car family and my husband had to take it to work everyday. Walking was our way to break the monotony of playing either in the house or in the yard. My four kids and …
While the world of missions can be one rife with challenges and complexities, understanding the disparities between monochronic and polychronic concepts of time can be integral to success when undertaking evangelical endeavors. Marked by the belief that time is an expendable commodity that must be used wisely, the monochronic view of time encompasses the notion …
The first world wide licensing of Botox ®, as the very first preventative treatments to obtain a specific license for patients with chronic migraine. Allergan had made the announcement that Botox ® was issued a license by MHRA in the United Kingdom for treating headaches in adult patients who have chronic migraines at a …
What do you do with your free time? Paint? Smell the flowers and the coffee? Write operatic librettos? Apparently there exists a frightening large minority of people who suck on strips of acid and then spend literally hours poring over footage of The Wizard of Oz while listening to Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side …
Chronic myelocytic leukemia (CML) is also known as chronic myeloid leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia and chronic granulocytic leukemia -As with other types of leukemias CML is a disease which converts white blood cells into cancerous cells (cancer). However, a defining characteristic with CML is that white blood cells (WBC) do not go down with the …
Will sufferers of chronic urticaria grow out of it? In most cases, yes. However, this will depend very much on whether the cause can be identified and avoided. Even the chronic idiopathic varieties tend to bum themselves out eventually. In some poor unfortunates it goes on and on for years.
Are there any complications? …
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, COPD, encompasses progressive lung diseases such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema, which block airflow and increasingly make it harder to breathe. Multiple millions of people suffer from COPD, and increasing number of sufferers are searching for ways to help them breathe easier. These 7 tips will help manage the breathlessness that …
