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Peeling the Skin - a health segment from West Coast Midnight Run

A most recent segment that discusses the current health trends at the corporate table.

For more details and entertainment look this up Peeling The Skin, The Skinny on Party Platters

Hibiscus tea

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Hibiscus tea has been enjoyed by many for hundreds of years for a relaxing, refreshment and as a herbal remedy for many ailments, blood pressure, immune System, preventing bladder infections and even for weight loss.
My sister in-law brought the tea from Egypt and I enjoy it on sunny day. Please, join me when you can.

GOOD NUMBERS

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so they said, (and then snickered i think)

188/365

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I've been so tired lately, massive headaches almost every day.
I've been on 40% sick leave for 3 weeks now, because of high blood pressure. From next week I will be on 50% sick leave.

I don't want to make exuses for my lack of putting my heart into the 365, but feeling like crap for several months probably had something to do with it..

novastock6533

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Asian woman meditating.

Ted's Monthly New Zealand Herald Update - Headlines for June 19th...

Reflective Kiwi %-) posted a photo:

Saturday June 19 2010

Chapter 6 in Ted's monthly news update...

Ted snuck in a few days ago with the news flash of the New Zealand All Whites triumphs in the Football World cup... He is also excited to inform you that they had another great game in the wee hours of Sunday morning NZ time... Drawing 1-1 with Italy! Their next match with be in the wee hours of Friday morning Nz time against Paraguay.... Fingers crossed for another good result! %-)

In the meantime... Ted and Kiwi were a little shocked to read this months headlines...
One of our greatest sporting heros Peter Snell affected by Heart Disease...
It made Ted mindful of the fact that we all must take care and look after ourselves...
He reminded me to keep an eye on my blood pressure too...
He like to look after me! %-)

PETER SNELL HIT BY HEART DISEASE...
Trip home to celebrate Olympic triumph cancelled after shock results from tests...

New Zealand's greatest athlete, Sir Peter Snell, has been stopped in his tracks by heart problems and will not be making a trip home for a celebration to mark the most memorable hour in New Zealand's Olympic history.

The 71-year-old said he could easily have died a year ago after blacking out for up to 15 seconds. He has now been fitted with a pacemaker/defibrillator device on the recommendation of his cardiologist, after being diagnosed with a weakened heart that can no longer pump blood efficiently - because of a condition officially know as idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. He is also on drugs to lower his blood pressure and reduce arrhythmia.

There had been plans to bring Sir Peter and fellow Arthur Lydiard-trained athlete Murray Halberg together to mark the day 50 years ago when New Zealand won gold in the 800m (Snell) and 5000m (Halberg) within 60 minutes at the Rome Olympics on September 2, 1960. But in an email this week, he said he could not risk the trip. About a year ago he crashed while riding his bike to work in Dallas, Texas, and a few weeks later he "passed out for 10-15 secs while playing racquetball". He said he found himself "mindful of my mortality and not wanting to make a long tiring flight for a round of charity lunches and dinners".

Sir Peter said there was nothing he could have done to prevent the damage to the left ventricle of his heart. At the time of his cycling accident, he said he could not remember what had happened because of his concussion. The three-time Olympic champion, six-time world record-holder and Halberg Trust Sports Champion of the Century, said that over the previous couple of years he had noticed his fitness was declining and he was getting breathless while jogging.

Sir Peter collapsed for the second time early last month while playing racquetball and "was out for 15secs before my device delivered a shock and converted the heart into normal rhythm. This may have saved my life". He was lucky his playing partner was a doctor but it was another warning for him. "I have stopped engaging in intense exercise but am doing some cycling at a fairly light level."

Sir Peter had been keen to return to New Zealand after last year's "Three Knights" evening with Sir Murray Halberg and Sir John Walker. He has reduced his workload by 50 per cent to spend more time in the garden, playing golf, doing his crafts and with his wife Miki. He summed up his email simply: "Feel free to let people know. Life can be fragile."

daily work

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dailyshoot #ds218: "Leave something out today. Be visually brief. Shoot tight. Make a photo that's direct and to the point"

daily work: taking the blood pressure

daily work

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Kidney for Sale!

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Kidney for Sale!
Blood type: A+
all medical examination has been done.

The kidneys are paired organs with several functions. They are seen in many types of animals, including vertebrates and some invertebrates. They are an essential part of the urinary system and also serve homeostatic functions such as the regulation of electrolytes, maintenance of acid-base balance, and regulation of blood pressure. They serve the body as a natural filter of the blood, and remove wastes which are diverted to the urinary bladder. In producing urine, the kidneys excrete wastes such as urea and ammonium; the kidneys also are responsible for the reabsorption of water, glucose, and amino acids. The kidneys also produce hormones including calcitriol, renin, and erythropoietin.
Located at the rear of the abdominal cavity in the retroperitoneum, the kidneys receive blood from the paired renal arteries, and drain into the paired renal veins. Each kidney excretes urine into a ureter, itself a paired structure that empties into the urinary bladder.
Renal physiology is the study of kidney function, while nephrology is the medical specialty concerned with kidney diseases. Diseases of the kidney are diverse, but individuals with kidney disease frequently display characteristic clinical features. Common clinical conditions involving the kidney include the nephritic and nephrotic syndromes, renal cysts, acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, urinary tract infection, nephrolithiasis, and urinary tract obstruction. Various cancers of the kidney exist; the most common adult renal cancer is renal cell carcinoma. Cancers, cysts, and some other renal conditions can be managed with removal of the kidney, or nephrectomy. When renal function, measured by glomerular filtration rate, is persistently poor, dialysis and kidney transplantation may be treatment options. Although they are not severely harmful, kidney stones can be a pain and a nuisance. The removal of kidney stones includes sound wave treatment, which breaks up the stones into smaller pieces which are then passed through the urinary tract. Common symptoms of kidney stones includes a common feeling of a knife of fire being stabbed into the lower back.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney

jo'burg ER

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for last minute malaria meds.

Blood Pressure Machine

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Voice from the Couch's pre-op appointment gave me a great opportunity to take this image.