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Staying Active With Ankylosing Spondylitis

By Charis Hill, as advised to Susan Bernstein I used to be recognized with axial spondyloarthritis in 2013 on the age of 26. I had signs, although, as younger as age 13 and doubtless sooner than that. Getting a analysis takes one thing like 8-12 years for girls and even longer for Black girls. I […]

What’s Left When Lakes Vanish

  A few occasions a month, Mariela Loera goes knocking on doorways in California’s Eastern Coachella Valley. Part of her job, as a coverage advocate with the nonprofit Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability, is to supply a listening ear to members of the neighborhood, a lot of whom work within the area’s lush farms cultivating […]

The Invisibility of Ankylosing Spondylitis

By Ali Cornish, as advised to Hallie Levine                                       I used to be identified with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in 2016 on the age of 33, however I’d been managing its excruciating ache for years. Yet even at my worst, most individuals who knew me didn’t notice what was happening. AS isn’t like different types of arthritis, […]

How to Overcome Ankylosing Spondylitis

By Jed Finley, as instructed to Janie McQueen I used to be recognized with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in 1994 once I was 12 years outdated. It’s changing into extra widespread to diagnose youthful folks as docs get acquainted with AS. But there weren’t an entire lot of choices obtainable again then, so I left it […]

Getting Physical to Ease Your Ankylosing Spondylitis

By Maura Iversen, DSc, as instructed to Hallie Levine When you’ve ankylosing spondylitis (AS), an inflammatory illness that causes ache and stiffness in your decrease again and backbone, it’s necessary to remain as bodily lively as potential. That could sound counterintuitive: Why would you retain transferring if it hurts to take action? But AS can […]

Indian Beauty, Health Traditions Reborn

Sandalwood, turmeric, saffron, coconuts … in India, skincare has historically come straight from farms and forests, foraged by girls to create pastes, powders, and oils for all the things from lustrous hair to glowing pores and skin. It was not a straightforward course of: Gathering the substances, then laboring over a scorching hearth or a […]

Epidemic of Brain Fog? Long COVID’s Effects Worry Experts

Oct. 11, 2022 – Weeks after Jeannie Volpe caught COVID-19 in November 2020, she might now not do her job operating sexual assault assist teams in Anniston, AL, as a result of she saved forgetting the small print that survivors had shared along with her. “People were telling me they were having to revisit their […]

Most U.S. Voters Want Products Free of Harmful Chemicals: Poll

By Sydney Murphy HealthDay Reporter HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Do the vast majority of Americans need authorities to ensure the merchandise they purchase are freed from dangerous chemical substances? Yes, a brand new survey reveals, and they’re even prepared to pay extra to get that assurance of security. “At a […]

Meet the Girl Comforting Cancer Patients with Teddy Bears

Oct. 11, 2022 – During the early days of the pandemic, Alivia Gustman, then simply 8 years previous, was in a category tasked with the objective of beginning a enterprise. For Gustman, this wasn’t the time to pitch a bake sale. Instead, having just lately watched her mother undergo breast most cancers therapy, an concept […]