Gout? Maybe You Should Have More Vit C
March 23, 2009 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
I’ve written about gout a few times over at Help My Hurt (Hope for people who have gout and Your coffee may help prevent gout). It’s a very painful condition of the joints and it most often hits the big toe, although it can affect other joints as well (ankles, knees, wrists, fingers, and elbows). More men get it than women.
Your body produces uric acid, a waste product that’s in your blood and urine. The uric acid can build up and cause stiff, swollen, red joints. If you’ve ever had a gout attack, you’ll likely do just about anything to …read more
Your Medicine Chest
January 26, 2009 by jody
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
As we get older we are less likely to throw things away. This was a great problem with my mother, if she couldn’t use something well maybe someone else could.
I remember going into her medicine chest to get an aspirin and all of these bottles fell out, scary isn’t it?
Upon looking at her medications, I found that some were outdated others written by different doctors, they were also purchased at different pharmacies.
I had to convince her to let me toss the outdated medications, we also called the doctors and pharmacies to see if she was putting herself in …read more




