The Great American Smokeout happens every year on the third Thursday in November, and it has been going on each year since 1977. This is a day that smokers all across the country are encouraged to not smoke, or at least cut back on their smoking for one day. Each year millions of smokers participate in the smokeout in the hope that this one step will be the catalyst to their quitting permanently.
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Catherine Morgan at 2:21pm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 under
Health & Wellness,
Mommy & Family,
diabetes,
World Diabetes Day,
Diabetes,
Children's Health,
Caregiving,
Conditions & Ailments,
Conditions & Ailments,
Health & Wellness; 669 views
In honor of Word Diabetes Day I've decided to do a blog roundup of women blogging diabetes. Most are blogs by women who are living with diabetes, and others are women blogging about parenting a child with diabetes. I've also included several informative links and resources at the end of this post. If you blog about living with diabetes or World Diabetes Day, please leave your link in comments. World Diabetes Day...
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Catherine Morgan at 12:13am Tue, 10 Nov 2009 under
Health & Wellness,
Mommy & Family,
Alzheimer's Disease,
dementia,
Caregiving,
Aging,
Alzheimer's,
Caregiving,
Conditions & Ailments,
Conditions & Ailments,
Health & Wellness,
Family Dynamics; 602 views
Do you know someone who suffers with Alzheimer's disease? Or someone who is a caregiver to a loved one with this devastating disease? If so, you understand the heartache associated with an Alzheimer's diagnosis. Who are we without our memories of past experiences? For most of us, the though of losing our memories to Alzheimer's disease is horrifying. But there is much more to Alzheimer's than memory loss.
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Catherine Morgan at 9:38pm Fri, 6 Nov 2009 under
Health & Wellness,
Life,
HIV,
aids,
AIDS/HIV,
Disability,
Conditions & Ailments,
Conditions & Ailments,
Health & Wellness,
Politics; 416 views
Did you know that one in four Americans living with HIV are women? It's true. HIV/AIDS is affecting more and more women, specifically African American women. It's actually become the leading cause of death in African American women between the ages of 25-34. Women and HIV/AIDS...
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Catherine Morgan at 11:25pm Mon, 2 Nov 2009 under
Health & Wellness,
Life,
Mommy & Family,
epilepsy,
seizures,
Caregiving,
Children's Health,
Disability,
Caregiving,
Conditions & Ailments,
Conditions & Ailments,
Health & Wellness,
Family Dynamics; 722 views
November is Epilepsy Awareness Month. I hope this post will provide information and facts about epilepsy, while also showcasing women blogging about life with seizures.
Here are some epilepsy facts from CURE Epilepsy...
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