September 2, 2010 | Christine | Philanthropy | No Comments
What a great fundraiser! The Lupus Alliance of America, Long Island Queens Affiliate is Raffling off tickets to win an autographed guitar by Lady Gaga, to help raise funds to care for those living with lupus and to fund research into the cause and cure.he Lupus Alliance of America, Long I
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September 1, 2010 | Christine | Lupus Information | 2 Comments
ROCKVILLE, Md.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:HGSI) and GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a priority review designation to BENLYSTA® (belimumab) as a potential treatment for systemic lupus er
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August 31, 2010 | Staff | Healthy Foods | No Comments
When we're on the go, many of us grab a protein bar as a snack. While a protein bar can provide quick energy, it also can provide quite a bit of sugar and an equally quick post-energy letdown, not to mention some dubious chemicals which make them questionable for certain medically necessary diets. I
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What a great fundraiser! The Lupus Alliance of America, Long Island Queens Affiliate is Raffling off tickets to win an autographed guitar by Lady Gaga, to help raise funds to care for those living with lupus and to fund research into the cause and cure.he Lupus Alliance of America, Long I
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ROCKVILLE, Md.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:HGSI) and GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a priority review designation to BENLYSTA® (belimumab) as a potential treatment for systemic lupus er
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When we're on the go, many of us grab a protein bar as a snack. While a protein bar can provide quick energy, it also can provide quite a bit of sugar and an equally quick post-energy letdown, not to mention some dubious chemicals which make them questionable for certain medically necessary diets. I
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The ButYouDontLookSick.com 7 year anniversary celebrations are coming to a close. As always I like to close on a positive and proactive note. There is power in numbers. We have tens of thousands of readers of butyoudontlooksick.com... we could move mountains one pepple or rock at a time. Every donat
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Christine Miserandino from ButYouDontLookSick.com will be the keynote speaker for the Piedmont, NC chapter of the Lupus Foundation. This is the 10th annual Lupus Summit on September 11th. The deadline to order tickets is September 1st-- so act now! Link to order your tickets is below. She wi
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It’s Sunday. To most people that means possibly a trip to church and then a lazy day with their family. It means that they start dreading the impending arrival of Monday and the start of a new work week. Oh, to have a day like that….what I wouldn’t give. My Sunday is known around my ho
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UPDATE: You may continue to upload photos to our gallery, however photos uploaded after August 25th, 1:00am EST will not be considered eligible for contest prize consideration. Photos uploaded after August 25th may still be featured on our site, or included in any future media related to this c
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It wasn’t long ago when I heard Rob Thomas’ song “Her Diamonds” for the first time. It was in the car after frantically changing the channel from a Disney star that shall not be named *coughmileycyruscough* much to the objection of my two Hannah Montana obsessed pre-teens in the back seat.
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I recently flew to New Zealand for a few weeks of vacation. My first REAL vacation since I was say 7? I was so excited. I packed up, got all my gear, made sure everything was set. I have been flying alone since I was 15. I knew the drills, even with all the new protocols, I could navigate this hell.
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A teenage girl was rolled in a wheelchair out to the plane in front of the other passengers, picked up and fireman carried up the steps into the plane and placed in her seat. All the time she and her travel companion had a big smile. They thanked the worker who carried her and sent a smile to the li
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National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week starts in just a couple of weeks, Sept 13-19, 2010. Despite the fact that the majority of the US population looks rather healthy, statistics show a different story. Nearly 1 in 2 people have a chronic condition. This could be an illness like cancer or ...
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As the month of September brings prostate cancer into focus, it’s time to increase public understanding of the disease, including its prevalence, approaches to screening and prevention, treatment options, and resources that offer updated prostate cancer information throughout the year. Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in men and ...
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It is expected that over 21,000 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer and 15,000 women will lose their lives from the disease this year alone in the United States. Women usually do not talk about gynecological issues, but we need to stop the silence. Ask questions. Get informed. Talk ...
More: September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Do You Know The Symptoms?
Please take the time to read Christine Miserandino's personal story and analogy of what it is like to live with sickness...
Sometimes you just gotta have a sense of humor! The top ten worst suggestions commonly given to someone with a chronic...
Pay no attention to the girl behind the smile... It has been said by many people that I am a very good actress. "But ...
I am unapologetically, standing proudly on my perfectly pedicured toes proclaiming that I am high maintenance. Where exa...
I have an invisible illness. To look at me you would see a short, fat, middle-aged grandmother. Sometimes I walk with a...
