Category: health
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When will our medical community step and do something about people getting sick and dying in the Indian River Lagoon
When will our medical community step and do something about people getting sick and dying in the Indian River Lagoon? I just want to say THANK YOU to our TC Palm reporters and also to Eye on Miami for actually paying attention to this issue and being a supportive voice and advocate for our Indian…
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Don’t let your aspirin grow old
I’m going all nursy today. I have two things I want to talk about. 1. Go clean your medicine cabinet. A while back I was part owner of a very cool compounding pharmacy. I did all the PR , videos, blog, etc. I even produced a radio show. I wanted to do a segment called…
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Sugar: It’s Killing US!
Sugar: It’s Killing US! Direct from the sugar people. Truth https://experiencelife.com/article/sugar-breakdown/ When it comes to evaluating sugar’s negative health impacts, the threat of extra pudge is just the beginning. Even great health threats—including inflammation-based diseases—may lurk at the bottom of the sugar bowl. New research is revealing disturbing links not just between sugar and obesity,…
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SFWMD: Dirty toilets affront to citizens.
SFWMD: Dirty toilets affront to citizens. Big giants spiders a bonus! http://www.courierpress.com/business/dirty-toilets-an-indicator-of-larger-issues “Dirty toilets,” I repeat. “They signal customers and employees that management does not care about them as people. Most people take toilets seriously. A dirty toilet is an affront to people who care about themselves, their families, and their fellow citizens. Management can…
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June is educate your legislators in mental illness month. I said so!
@joenegronfl who said http://fcir.org/2012/07/26/florida-slips-even-lower-in-mental-health-funding/ “More specifically, state Sen. Joe Negron, R-Palm City, advocated cuts to so-called soft services, which include mental health and drug-addiction programs, because many of these services address what Negon views as “a lack of willpower, a lack of discipline, a lack of character.” Negron was the chair of appropriations for health and human services…
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Paddlefest 2015: Project L.I.F.T.
Paddlefest 2015: Project Lift http://www.projectliftmc.com How Project L.I.F.T. works Project L.I.F.T. combines job-training, community service and behavior modification with pioneering community solutions during difficult economic times. “At-risk” youth members of Project L.I.F.T. have the opportunity to literally affect the lives of hundreds of individuals in a positive way through innovative interventions and service learning experiences. This…
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Nursing Ethics: Alcoholism , nurses, IPN, and “ego”
I think its very difficult when your not an alcoholic and you have you have to deal with people who are actively. It’s impossible to be around their behavoir especially when someone doesn’t go to AA and think they can do this themselves or think just not drinking is the answer. It’s even harder when…
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Do it now. Put together your Go Bag.
Hurricane season is around the corner for us folks here in Florida. There are plenty of other disasters to go around. Floods, earthquakes, tornadoes. Hopefully you’ll never need but like our Medical Reserve, its there if you need it. You may need to survive on your own after an emergency. This means having your own…
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May the fourth be with us! Toxic algae, discharging St Lucie locks. We must keep going!
@JaxStrong @BarackObama @joenegronfl @RepMurphyFL @SteveCrisafulli May the fourth be with you! Toxic algae, discharging St Lucie locks. On May 4th our friend Katy Lewey, river warrior, founder of the River Kidz of St Lucie and Indian River County put together a gathering so we could all be there when the locks open. They have been…
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food equals medicine SEAWEED
food equals medicine SEAWEED This was another one of the foods i said ugh to. Now i can’t enough of it. I just bought some iodine. We don’t get enough Iodine. Salt does not naturally contain iodine. “No salt, table or sea, in its natural state contains iodine. This mineral was added to salt in…
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