If you have been experiencing debilitating pain in your back for over three months now, then you shouldn’t rely on home remedies anymore because it could be stemming from underlying…

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(Note: this is not intended as medical advice nor should it be used as such. It is simply the author’s recounting of her experience with diabetes.) I always roll my…

I have been living with Diabetes Type 2 for over 8 years now, after being diagnosed in 2010 by my family doctor, Karen Badenhorst, while living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.…

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