Lymphatic System | Health Savvy | Savvy Cafe
Feb 26 2007
We are familiar with our heart, and even our lungs, but when it comes to our lymph nodes, what do we really know? Most of us have heard of them and know they are somewhere in the body, but beyond that, the details often remain a mystery. Take the time to find out what you [...]
(ARA) – Getting the flu can have serious consequences, especially for children. Every year, children in the United States get extremely ill and some die from influenza (“the flu”) and its complications. Richard Kanowitz knows this all too well — he and his wife Alissa lost their 4-year-old daughter, Amanda, to the flu four years [...]
Of the 10 million Americans with osteoporosis, 80 percent are women, and having a mother with osteoporosis puts a daughter particularly at risk for fractures.
Priscilla Turner, 67, of Memphis, Tenn., knows this risk all too well. Her 90-year-old mother, Jewell Fondren, suffers from osteoporosis (a disease that causes bone to become weak and susceptible to [...]