Posts Tagged ‘disease’

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The Nation Of Islam Delivers Purified Water To Haiti

by Madam Toussaint on August 19th, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: GREEN, GIVING IS GREEN

Photo: MHAVE Minister Edwin Paraison, Ezili Danto The Nation of Islam has partnered with an organization called the Ezili Danto’s Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network and the Haitian army to donate a 3o,000 gallon-per-day water purification system to aid in Haiti’s recent cholera outbreak. According to Defend Haiti the first of 2 purification units were Be […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Missy Elliott Has Graves’ Disease- So What Is Graves’ Disease?

by Phoenix Write on June 24th, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: GREEN, HEALTH

“I was [driving and] trying to put my foot on the brake, but my leg was jumping. I couldn’t keep the brake down and almost crashed. “I couldn’t write because my nervous system was so bad — I couldn’t even use a pen.” -Missy Elliott as told to People Magazine Missy Elliott has Graves’ disease, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Cheat Sheet: What Is Cholera And Where Does It Come From?

by Madam Toussaint on October 30th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
Posted In: GREEN, HEALTH

Cholera is an intestinal infection that is waterborne, spreads quickly, occurs in places where there is poor sanitation (usually feces contaminating drinking water) and limited access to clean drinking water. These conditions often occur in developing countries. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

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Text Messages Against Cholera

by Madam Toussaint on October 28th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
Posted In: GREEN, HEALTH

The Artibonite district in Haiti is where cholera epidemic first struck. In order the prevent the disease from spreading the Red Cross is using mobile technology to track and blast more than 70,000 people migrating from Artibonite to other parts of the country in the next week. Today, for instance, 30,000 cell phone users in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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The Cholera Outbreak In Haiti

by Madam Toussaint on October 27th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
Posted In: GREEN, HEALTH

A cholera outbreak has hit Haiti, killing at least 284 people and making nearly 3,769 sick. Though the outbreak is being stabilized the reported number of those affected is likely an under count because Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

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LYRICS TO GO: “Beef” by Boogie Down Productions

by Madam Toussaint on May 21st, 2010 at 12:47 pm
Posted In: FRESH, MUSIC

This song was chosen because the lyrics pretty much say it all. Song: Boogie Down Productions- “Beef” From the Album: Edutainment, 1990 My neighbor gave me a mixtape he made back when mixtapes were actually on cassette tapes. He specifically pointed this song out to me and it has haunted me ever since! Be Sociable, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Betty Botter, Butter and Your Health

by Madam Toussaint on March 31st, 2010 at 12:30 pm
Posted In: GREEN, HEALTH

Artwork by Madam Toussaint There are different versions of this tongue twister nursery rhyme but this is closest to the one I remember. Aren’t ingredients important? The wrong butter almost took Betty’s batter out! Seems worthwhile to consider the ingredients we put in our batters and our bodies. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

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What’s An Easter Basket Without Candy?

by Madam Toussaint on March 30th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
Posted In: GREEN, HEALTH

Photo Credit: Sea Turtle I guess the short answer is healthy. The longer answer is addressed in a list on about.com featuring 50 ways to fill an Easter basket and nowhere on this list is candy. It’s not just sugar in a chocolate bunny worth avoiding here, there’s also the dyes, especially that funny tasting […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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NEW DOCUMENTARY FORKS OVER KNIVES OFFERS SINGLE SOLUTION FOR MANY DISEASES

by Madam Toussaint on February 22nd, 2010 at 12:32 pm
Posted In: GREEN, HEALTH

The new documentary called Forks over Knives wants to give you the answer to the reason why Americans have “the most advanced medical technology in the world” though we are some of the sickest in the world. Many of us don’t even think about how often we here warnings about heart disease, diabetes, cancer and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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