Many thanks to TreehouseEyes.com for sponsoring this post. Opinions within the post “Has Your Child Been Tested for Myopia?” are 100% my own. Have you heard of myopia before? It’s no surprise if you haven’t – I wasn’t familiar with the name of the eye disease either until recently. I had to do a little […]
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I’m so excited to share that this year I’ll be participating in a 24 hour World Sickle Cell Day Virtual Extravaganza. All across the world there will be different sickle cell educational events. However here in the United States, organizations like the Sickle Cell Consortium and CayenneWellness are hosting an amazing event for families. Sickle
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Migraine is a significant headache disorder characterized by recurrent headaches ranging from moderate to severe. Migraine headaches often affect one side of the head, causing pulsating pain coupled with other symptoms like nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light, sound, and or smell. While the cause of migraines is still a mystery to the medical industry,
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I need your help. Nationwide people are protesting and stating that black lives matter. While I am not one to be on the front lines holding signs because the safety of my family during this pandemic is really important to me I partnered with the Sickle Cell Consortium and Be the Match to literally help
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Did you know the most common genetic disorder in the world is sickle cell disease? Sickle cell disease can affect anyone, but it is mainly a genetic blood disorder that is NOT contagious. Infants are born with the disorder when they receive certain genetic markers from their parents. Both parents must be carriers of the
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September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. Sickle Cell is a genetic blood disorder that affects over 20 million people worldwide. Instead of a person’s red blood cells being round they are shaped like a banana. When the misshapen blood cells stick together they cause a person to have complications like immense pain, stroke, organ failure,
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Finding healthy low carbohydrate foods can be a challenge. Thankfully, there are tons of recipes online and cookbooks that are dedicated to the topic. We love pasta as a family, but noodles often contain too much carbs for us to eat them everyday, so I try to come up with low carb vegan alternatives. As
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