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Travelinglady · Nov 14, 2023 at 11:19 AM

Developing multiple health conditions, including cancer, linked to ultraprocessed foods

eskielover · Nov 14, 2023 at 03:05 PM

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Developing multiple health conditions, including cancer, linked to ultraprocessed foods

I am very careful usually about buying foods that don't have chemical junk added to them as preservative or color or flavor. All natural & mostly organic. Milk right out of the cow from my neighbors dairy & eggs right from the farm (until I can get my own chickens). I am the same careful with foods for my pets. So far it is working well.

After getting off the pain medication patches years ago, I never go to the MD & when I did I had a bad reaction to the meds. Not an incentive to go to an MD for medical stuff. I want to treat the problem not the symptoms.

Nammu · Nov 14, 2023 at 08:02 PM

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I just got a flyer about home remedies for seniors. I think I'm going to get the book from ebay. It recommends chocolate for several conditions. Hey, that works for me!

Oh, hey, my favorite remedy! Let me know how the book is. If it’s good I’ll get one for here. Lots of low income seniors here would be interested

Travelinglady · Nov 15, 2023 at 10:10 AM

The One Thing You Should Never, Ever Do if You're Over 50, According to a Geriatrician

eskielover · Nov 15, 2023 at 11:44 AM

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I just got a flyer about home remedies for seniors. I think I'm going to get the book from ebay. It recommends chocolate for several conditions. Hey, that works for me!

Just remember that is dark chocolate not milk chocolate

eskielover · Nov 15, 2023 at 11:51 AM

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The One Thing You Should Never, Ever Do if You're Over 50, According to a Geriatrician

Never have that problem....I am usually too busy & have to cut things back so I have time for me & my critters & my farm since I still do most of the work around here myself. Some evenings I am so exhausted all I do is crash

Travelinglady · Nov 16, 2023 at 11:39 PM

FDA recalls another 27 eye drop products: What you need to know as a consumer

Are these all store brands?

eskielover · Nov 17, 2023 at 11:49 AM

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FDA recalls another 27 eye drop products: What you need to know as a consumer

Are these all store brands?

Looks like store brands. Sometimes hard to tell if the Mfg Makes for other brands too. Probably best to look at who the mfg is

Travelinglady · Dec 08, 2023 at 07:10 PM

The White House is threatening the patents of high-priced drugs developed with taxpayer dollars

Good for them. It seems like the more important or serious a disease is, the more a company charges for it. Seems to me like there's something wrong with this picture.

Nammu · Dec 08, 2023 at 07:26 PM

If tax payer money goes into the research then the government should be able to state the price limits. The newest form of price gouging is for the drug companies to limit how much they make of old generic s that have been around for decades creating an artificial shortage. These are generics for cancer and other life threatening illnesses and drugs needed for surgery so to force a higher price. This too is unconscionable and needs to be addressed with prison for the ceos who make those decisions.

Travelinglady · Dec 08, 2023 at 08:13 PM

There are now shortages for some opiates because of all the complaints. Not as many companies are making them. Sigh. It's scary what drug companies do.

Things That Raise Your Chances of Dementia

Speaking of drugs, some of mine affect my memory,

Nammu · Dec 08, 2023 at 09:41 PM

I think the multitude and high dose of psych drugs I was on in the past affected my memory along with bipolar episodes

Travelinglady · Dec 10, 2023 at 08:22 PM

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I think the multitude and high dose of psych drugs I was on in the past affected my memory along with bipolar episodes

For me, too, Nammu.

Travelinglady · Dec 11, 2023 at 08:40 PM

Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Older Adults

I'd never heard of RSV until a commercial recently.

Tart Cherry Jam · Dec 14, 2023 at 01:25 AM

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Things That Raise Your Chances of Dementia

"You can check your BMI (body mass index) online to see if it’s in the “obese” range."

As if it would not be obvious to an obese person without checking the BMI?

"Your doctor can help you set a weight loss goal that’s right for you. A healthy diet and regular exercise could help you turn things around."

Most of the time, no, they could not.

Travelinglady · Jan 04, 2024 at 08:44 PM

How to Relieve Osteoarthritis Knee and Hip Pain

SIgh, OA is really getting me now, especially in my right hand. Rats!

Tart Cherry Jam · Jan 05, 2024 at 01:22 AM

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How to Relieve Osteoarthritis Knee and Hip Pain

SIgh, OA is really getting me now, especially in my right hand. Rats!

Do you have a (very) warm water pool with a shallow area where you live? I have read on the website of the Arthritis foundation that walking in water is the safest form of exercise for this condition. There is such a pool within a 30 minute drive from me and I sometimes go. I do not have arthritis (not yet, as we will all be there), but I simply love walking in water. And I usually walk sideways and backwards, not forwards, and this way I exercise muscles that I cannot exercise on land.

Travelinglady · Jan 05, 2024 at 04:31 PM

Yes, I have access such such water--even in my own home. I WILL start taking advantage of them The pain is really getting to me.

Travelinglady · Feb 06, 2024 at 03:38 PM

Yahoo

Is that good? My brain is too tired to process it all right now.

eskielover · Feb 06, 2024 at 04:12 PM

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Yahoo

Is that good? My brain is too tired to process it all right now.

Seriously I don't see much difference in the care I get....I went with HUMANA & get $100/ month back on the cost on having medicare....the $174 charge out of my SS is only $74. However one big provider around here quit allowing Humana. I seriously don't go to MD's medicare would cover no matter what because they don't cover natural treatments but if something big were to hit me at least I have coverage. Medicare charges deductibles, this coverage doesn't except on hospital. Lol....I don't like anything govt has its hands in because it becomes nothing but a bureaucratic mess

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Travelinglady Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Sep 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 48,064 (SuperPoster!) 13 22.9k hugs given	Nov 14, 2023 at 11:19 AM #481 Developing multiple health conditions, including cancer, linked to ultraprocessed foods
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Travelinglady Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Sep 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 48,064 (SuperPoster!) 13 22.9k hugs given	Nov 15, 2023 at 10:10 AM #484 The One Thing You Should Never, Ever Do if You're Over 50, According to a Geriatrician
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Travelinglady Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Sep 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 48,064 (SuperPoster!) 13 22.9k hugs given	Nov 16, 2023 at 11:39 PM #487 FDA recalls another 27 eye drop products: What you need to know as a consumer Are these all store brands?
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Travelinglady Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Sep 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 48,064 (SuperPoster!) 13 22.9k hugs given	Dec 08, 2023 at 07:10 PM #489 The White House is threatening the patents of high-priced drugs developed with taxpayer dollars Good for them. It seems like the more important or serious a disease is, the more a company charges for it. Seems to me like there's something wrong with this picture.
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Travelinglady Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Sep 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 48,064 (SuperPoster!) 13 22.9k hugs given	Dec 08, 2023 at 08:13 PM #491 There are now shortages for some opiates because of all the complaints. Not as many companies are making them. Sigh. It's scary what drug companies do. Things That Raise Your Chances of Dementia Speaking of drugs, some of mine affect my memory,
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Nammu Crone Member Since May 2010 Location: Some where between my inner mind and the solar system. Posts: 71,407 (SuperPoster!) 13 53.7k hugs given	Dec 08, 2023 at 09:41 PM #492 I think the multitude and high dose of psych drugs I was on in the past affected my memory along with bipolar episodes __________________ *Nammu* …Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. …... Desiderata Max Ehrmann
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Travelinglady Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Sep 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 48,064 (SuperPoster!) 13 22.9k hugs given	Dec 11, 2023 at 08:40 PM #494 Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Older Adults I'd never heard of RSV until a commercial recently.
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Travelinglady Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Sep 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 48,064 (SuperPoster!) 13 22.9k hugs given	Jan 04, 2024 at 08:44 PM #496 How to Relieve Osteoarthritis Knee and Hip Pain SIgh, OA is really getting me now, especially in my right hand. Rats!
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Travelinglady Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Sep 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 48,064 (SuperPoster!) 13 22.9k hugs given	Jan 05, 2024 at 04:31 PM #498 Yes, I have access such such water--even in my own home. I WILL start taking advantage of them The pain is really getting to me.
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Travelinglady Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Sep 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 48,064 (SuperPoster!) 13 22.9k hugs given	Feb 06, 2024 at 03:38 PM #499 Yahoo Is that good? My brain is too tired to process it all right now.
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