by JoniS | Dec 12, 2023 | Family Health, Health Education
Personal Story When someone I loved lay dying on her bed, I was reflecting on the cancer that seemed to be eating her alive. She was a good, Christian woman who believed in God and seemed to do everything right with her eating. Why didn’t she enjoy good health? Was it...
by JoniS | Jun 1, 2023 | Family Health, Health Info
Personal Story My little brother had an episode of asthma that landed him in the hospital when I was an elementary school child. The description of him in a hospital bed inside a tent that was helping him breathe painted a picture in my mind that was very scary for...
by JoniS | Jan 1, 2023 | Family Health, Food Sensitivities, Health Education, Women's Health
There are many barriers and defenses by which the intestinal tract mucosa is exposed to bacteria, antigens, and chemicals and yet it can still select what is absorbed and secreted. Leaky Gut Syndrome is an alteration in the intestine’s barrier function that causes...
by JoniS | Dec 1, 2022 | Family Health, Uncategorized
According to Susan F. Sencer, in Integrative Pediatrics, by Timothy P. Culbert and Karen Olness, there are about 10,000 children under the age of twenty in the United States who will be diagnosed with cancer every year. That is hard to comprehend! What can families do...
by JoniS | Jun 1, 2022 | Family Health
Pink eye is called conjunctivitis in the medical world. Pink eye is an infection of the membrane (conjunctiva) that covers the white part of the eyeball and lines the eyelid. The small blood vessels in the membrane become inflamed, causing the whites of the eyes to...
by JoniS | Apr 1, 2022 | Family Health, Newborn, Nutritional Tidbits
Breastfeeding is important for all babies since it is the best source of nutrition for infants. Sometimes there are challenges with breastfeeding. The usual methods of managing breastfeeding, such as adjusting positioning and the way the baby attaches to the...
