Category Archives: High Blood Pressure

Migraines?

By katiebird | Published: May 5, 2006
For the past several years what I think are migraines have been kicking my butt.s Anywhere from mildly annoying to the eye jabbing bouts that FamilyMan described so well … but always accompanied by a quesy stomach, extreme fatigue, and sensitive eyes. The bouts last anywhere from four hours to two days and [...]
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Ode to the Lettuce Wrap: A Tip for Busy, Hungry People with Diet Issues, contributed by DuctapeFatwa

By katiebird | Published: February 20, 2006
If you cringe at carbs, quake in the presence of calories, sulk at sugar, and fear fat, but still want something good to eat, the lettuce wrap is designed for you. As the name implies, a lettuce wrap basically involves a lettuce leaf wrapped around some other food. tHis other food can be literally anything you [...]
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Eat 4 Today – The Commitment: Is it selfish to think about myself this much?

By katiebird | Published: February 19, 2006
I’m not going to eat between meals and I’m not going to take seconds. Just Today. And I’m going to try this for a year to see what happens. I was thinking about this chronic illness thing (for me, diabetes for other people, high blood pressure or high cholesterol — and don’t forget obesity and other [...]
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Do you have Diabetes or High Blood Pressure?

By katiebird | Published: February 18, 2006
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is the permanent loss of kidney function. CKD may be the result of physical injury or a disease that damages the kidneys, such as diabetes or high blood pressure. When the kidneys are damaged, they do not remove wastes and extra water from the blood as well as they should. CKD is [...]
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Thermomechanical Message for Type II Diabetics and Hypertension, or, “Hot damn, does this thing work?”

By katiebird | Published: February 7, 2006
Have you heard of Migun massage? It started in South Korea, it’s a mechanical massage bed, it’s free, and it purports to alleviate a lot of different ailments, including hypertension and diabetes. Does it work? Beats the hell out of me, but it sure feels good. Here is what researchers from the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of [...]
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