Tag: Chronic Illness

5 New Year’s Resolutions For People With Chronic Illness

by Angelica Bottaro
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As a new year begins, the scent of change is often in the air. It’s almost obligatory to make some sort of goal for yourself when the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve. For many, those goals include losing weight, eating better or quitting unhealthy vices. For those living with chronic illness, the idea of making goals is just as enticing as it is for the next person, but it’s important to take health limitations into account. Setting attainable…
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World Health: What Changed In 2020

by Angelica Bottaro

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The year 2020 has seen vast changes in the health landscape, with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic being the most obvious. The way the global population receives and approaches healthcare has drastically changed. Not only have people begun to look towards new ways of accessing healthcare (the rise of telehealth being one specific example), they have also taken to new focus areas, such as avoidance of illness in contrast to treatment alone. It’s quite certain that 2020 will have…
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What Is NADH And How Can Supplementation Help Those With Chronic Illness?

by Angelica Bottaro

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Energy levels are important for those suffering from chronic illness. They can mean the difference between getting through the day and struggling to battle debilitating symptoms. For chronic illness sufferers, finding the energy to do even the most minute tasks can be difficult, but it doesn’t always have to be an uphill battle. Ensuring that you have enough energy to deal with chronic illness might not always be doable in terms of diet and exercise alone; in a lot of…
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What Is Preventive Medicine And How Does It Work?

by Angelica Bottaro
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More often than not, medicine falls on the treatment side of things. This means that many people deal with illnesses once their bodies and lives have already been affected. This type of healthcare can have a negative impact on communities, because it doesn’t address health until it’s too late. Preventive medicine, on the other hand, operates under the technique of avoiding health issues before they start. It’s an approach that targets healthy living over treatment; the prevention of diseases as…
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Cutting Through The Hype: How To Prepare For The Coronavirus If You’re Chronically Ill

by Angelica Bottaro

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Since January, the news has been hyper-focused on one thing: COVID-19. The viral infection is a new disease in the coronavirus family – a large group of diseases that differ from strain to strain. COVID-19 is also referred to as the novel coronavirus or 2019-nCoV. The first documented instance of COVID-19 occurred in late December of 2019; the virus then spread rapidly across China. Since then, documented cases have been reported in many countries throughout the world. Doctors and researchers…
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What Is CBD Oil And How Can It Help Ease Symptoms Of Chronic Pain?

by Angelica Bottaro
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Pain is the body’s way of telling you that something isn’t working as it should. It can come in many forms – sharp, dull, constant or fleeting – and the level of pain and how long it lasts will have a bearing on why the pain is there and what you can do about it. When the cause of the pain is established, it’s generally treated, and the pain will dissipate. Cases where pain remains over a long period of…
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How Minerals And Trace Elements Can Help In The Fight Against Chronic Disease

by Patrick Ryan
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When it comes to fighting chronic disease, the balance of nutrients and minerals that are present in our system can play a huge part. By definition, they are all necessary for our individual health, but they become particularly important when our bodies are fighting long-term illness. They serve a variety of different purposes in areas all over our bodies and their internal systems. A deficiency in any one of these will have a knock-on effect for the rest. But exactly…
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What Are Essential Oils And How Relevant Are They In The Treatment Of Lyme Disease?

by Patrick Ryan
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The treatment of chronic Lyme can often be a long, complex process. In its acute stage, Lyme can usually be fully treated with antibiotics. However, this narrow treatment window is often missed, which affords the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria the opportunity to embed itself further into the patient’s system. This shift is known as the chronic form of Lyme. Symptoms at this stage are a mix between infection and inflammation as the body’s immune response goes into overdrive. Antibiotics alone won’t…
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What is Vitamin B1 (And Where Can You Find It In Everyday Nutrition?)

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The human body is a complex machine that requires a lot of internal and external upkeep to run at its most optimal level. Vitamins, minerals, nutrients and physical activity are all key factors in the ‘healthy body, healthy mind’ sentiment, and all are required to ward off disease, chronic pain and other ailments humans suffer from on a regular basis. Things such as poor diet, a sedentary lifestyle, and vitamin and mineral deficiencies can all lead the body down a…
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What Is N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) And How Can It Help Fight Chronic Illness?

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As patients attempt to fight chronic illnesses, they often investigate a range of remedies to help relieve their symptoms. The right treatment can even help to allay several problems at once. N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) is seemingly capable of doing just this; it can be used to fight a number of chronic illnesses, from inflammation to ageing, depression to Lyme disease. But what is NAC, exactly? And just how can NAC help fight chronic illness?   What Is N-Acetyl Cysteine? N-acetyl…
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