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Jody Johnson Godfrey
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Mesothelioma: The what, how and why of this disease
Veterans from the 40s to the 80s are at the highest risk for malignant mesothelioma. Many contractors used asbestos...
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Jody Johnson Godfrey
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When you can't be with the ones you love... love the ones you are with!
Practice does NOT always mean perfect, for sure, as I am very “practiced” at not being able to spend Christmas with my loved ones, any...
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Jody Johnson Godfrey
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Linking hypertension with 'Type A' personality
Without our Type As (seemingly driven and obsessed) people, nothing would ever get accomplished – perhaps.
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Jody Johnson Godfrey
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Cataracts: A preventable disease
Vitamin C and beta-carotene are the most popular antioxidants and, collectively, most alternative medical specialists recommend taking...
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Jody Johnson Godfrey
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Hope for Alzheimer's Disease: Lecanemab
In January 2023, the FDA gave a green light for this drug Lecanemab due to its ability to clear out amyloid plaque (fatty substances in...
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Jody Johnson Godfrey
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Nasal spray addiction
The reason we don't get cleared up and breathing fine is because after several days of usage the nasal membranes reswell.
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Jody Johnson Godfrey
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E-Cigs: Not an improvement
Acute nicotine exposure can be toxic or fatal depending upon the amount and/or age and size of the child who swallows...
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Jody Johnson Godfrey
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Why do we still pollute ourselves...and others?
Many who take the first puff have no intention of making it a lifelong habit as they just don’t understand how addictive it is.
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Jody Johnson Godfrey
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Benefitting from ginger
Ginger has been used medicinally for more than 50 centuries and is considered a safe herb with no serious side effects when taken by...
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Jody Johnson Godfrey
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All about green tea
One of my goals or objectives for this column was to be able to list about ten of “the best” known green teas on the market...
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Jody Johnson Godfrey
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The 'happy' addicts
The very first component of “responsibility” is awareness. If we refuse to be aware and informed of what is happening with us as individuals
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Jody Johnson Godfrey
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New breast cancer treatment/accessibility for the middle class and poor
There is a cancer treatment podcast called “Cancer Straight Talk” from Memorial Sloan Kettering that brings together patients and experts...
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Jody Johnson Godfrey
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Prostate health: Don't ignore it
About 85% of prostate cancers are detected during early screening prior to the patient developing symptoms. If you catch it early...
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Jody Johnson Godfrey
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Ivermectin: The unsung hero
This drug has not even begun to scratch the surface of its potential widespread use and applications. Scientists are surprised, daily...
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Jody Johnson Godfrey
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The navigationally challenged: Cut us a break
I suppose there are different levels of this affliction. I am fine in my own community going to a new place as many folks can help ...
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Jody Johnson Godfrey
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Get up and get moving [part 2]
In order to really reverse this problem, all employers need to embrace some change and expect the payback to be long term and “down the road
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Jody Johnson Godfrey
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Smoking or sitting: Both equally hard on hearts! [Part 1]
Even though most of us have acquired a conscience against smoking, we need to do likewise with the concept of sitting for too many hours.
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Jody Johnson Godfrey
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Surgeon General's weigh-in: Social media and our children
The sad part is that all the above mentioned, for the most part, is not the case with most of the young people. They almost treat social...
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Jody Johnson Godfrey
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AGS: The doc who discovered Alpha-gal Syndrome
As of 2019, Dr. Platts-Mills headed the University of Virginia’s Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and has been on the worldwide..
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Jody Johnson Godfrey
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Alpha-gal syndrome
In a CDC report, it showed that between 2010 and 2022 more than 110,000 suspected cases of AGS were identified!
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