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AutoImmuneMom.com: Support and Education for Mothers with Autoimmune Conditions

I received this email and checked out if Gwen was overselling AutoImmuneMom.com, and she was not! It's a great site, and so I am creating a topic here to present what she sent me, and the links. Thank you, Gwen, for your involvement in education and outreach, naturally, but in particular for taking the time to contact me about this! One note up front: If you say you're in a 'battle' that's a powerful statement that translates into what goes on in your body, per the mind/body/spirit form of medicine that Lumigrate 'is about' (integrative medicine).  read more »

Silent Diseases, Mood Disorders and Blood Sugar

 

Silent Diseases and Mood Disorders

By Jurriaan Plesman, BA (PSYCH), Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr -- (Please find link and credits at bottom)  read more »

13 Ways Fibromyalgia and Downton Abbey Are Alike

Whether you’re an avid Downton Abbey watcher or haven’t the remotest interest in the wildly popular PBS series, I suggest you read on with an open mind. The frenzied fibroworld and pastoral living at a Yorkshire country estate may have more in common than you think.  read more »

The Billie Green Collaborative Care Project - There is a Village Raising Her from a Crack into "The Groove"

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On January 1 of this year (2013), Billie Green unwittingly stepped into a new role, as her "YOU!" of the Lumigrate collaborative care model.  As a resident of the Grand Valley of western Colorado, moving here after completing the rehabilitation provided by her employer through worker's compensation insurance, with very limiting restrictions at the end of that process which left her looking for work but definitely NOT looking good on an application to employers.  read more »

Out of a Health Care Crack, Billie Green is Now 'In the Groove' -- The Grate Groove of the Grand Valley

The Grate Groove of the Grand Valley, an education, outreach, and networking group for select health and wellness providers to essentially 'cross pollinate' and help the area's health care blossom as fully as possible, was inspired at the start of 2013 by a woman who, a year ago, was someone virtually unknown to us.  read more »

Sleepiness Questionnaire: Do YOU Have Sleep Apnea (or Your Patients/Clients for Providers to Use)

The Epworth Sleepiness Scale: Do YOU Have Sleep Apnea?

How Sleepy Are You?

How likely are you to doze off or fall asleep in the following situations?

You should rate your chances of dozing off, not just feeling tired.  read more »

Chronic Illness Series: #2 - Fibromyalgia. An Energy Crisis Disorder

How common is fibromyalgia (FM)?  read more »

Chronic Illness Series: #1 - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

 How common is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / CFS?  read more »

Identifying and Treating Common Psychiatric Conditions Comorbid with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and/or Fibromyalgia

I recommend you read the four-page professional psychiatric journal article "Identifying and Treating Common Psychiatric Conditions Comorbid with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and/or Fibromyalgia" which appeared in Psychiatric Times on January 18, 2013 (29. 1) There is much focus and commotion/debate with the DSM-5 having come out recently which serves to remind all people with CFS (ME)/FM/MCS/etc. of the importance of knowing the information that pertains to YOU, so that you and your providers do not get led astray from the path to well-being.  read more »

Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First -- The Gut is Key to The Ultra Mind Solution by Mark Hyman, MD

I initially created this topic about healing the mind and body on Martin Luther King Holiday, which is in January when there typically are people 'resolving' to make changes, often about the aspect of wellness that has to do with what we eat and drink, or 'diet'.    read more »

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