Medical Alert Jewelry: A Life Saving Fashion Statement

Written by J. Terrence McDermott


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Teens can be especially sensitive to their appearance and torepparttar opinions of other teens. They can also be more apt to take risks because of these concerns. A young diabetic or epileptic may be willing to compromise their safety by avoidingrepparttar 115001 use of identification, even inrepparttar 115002 form of attractive jewelry, if they feel it makes them look “un-cool.” There are some jewelry pieces however that can gainrepparttar 115003 proper attention, if necessary, without appearing “dorky.”

Delicate ankle bracelets with a dangling charm or a small engraved plate are very acceptable jewelry accessories for teen girls. Lovely beaded bracelets are also fun, decorative and fashionable and will complement any style rather than compete. Boys can also accessorize discretely with a sports wristband band or handsome watchband. These pieces can be as simple or elegant asrepparttar 115004 wearer wants and many manufacturers produce medical jewelry with a keen eye on fashion and style trends.

No one should be embarrassed or ashamed because they have a particular condition. That doesn’t mean that they should be forced to broadcast that condition torepparttar 115005 world by wearing identification that is unattractive and obvious. Medical personnel are trained to look for medical I.D. and jewelry, no matter how discreet, and these pieces will be one ofrepparttar 115006 first places they will look for medical info. Anyone with medical issues has a responsibility to themselves and to their family to providerepparttar 115007 information that will protect them if they are unable to properly communicate. But they can still look sharp atrepparttar 115008 same time!

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About the author: J. Terrence McDermott is administrator and webmaster for Prevamedic.com (http://www.prevamedic.com) a site featuring recommendations and resources for those seeking information about medical identification jewelry and devices. He can be reached at termcder@gmail.com


Wellness versus Ignorance

Written by Dr. Donald A. Miller


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One advantage of wise food choices is that we can eat as much as we want and still not get fat. Another is that good diet can help protect us against common scary diseases that can lower quality of life and cause early death.

"Low Carb diets" are a red herring. Takingrepparttar hamburger out ofrepparttar 115000 bun, but keepingrepparttar 115001 fatty meat and oily toppings, is utter madness.

The other part ofrepparttar 115002 story is that even easy exercise can stimulaterepparttar 115003 body to health, help prevent those scary diseases, and make us feel better, while helping us to live longer. * If you don't like army calisthenics, at least walk 1 to 2 miles a day, 5 to 7 days a week. * If back pain or shoulder aches plague you, do some simple exercise routines at home, workplace, or while walking. * Head off wrist problems by frequent breaks to stretch them in all directions. * If you don't have time or money for a gym membership, buy a twelve foot piece of rope for isometrics and skipping.

"We don't stop exercising because we get old. We get old because we stop exercising."

The CDC tells us that 7 out of 10 deaths are caused by chronic diseases, 1.7 million per year inrepparttar 115004 USA, and that these early deaths can be prevented by good diet and easy exercise. We can save billions of dollars per year just from good diet and moderate exercise. Now that's a bargain!

** Diet with FACTS, not MYTHS. **

Dr. Donald A. Miller is author of "Easy Health Diet" http://easyhealthdiet.com/diet.htm, "Easy Exercise All Ages" http://easyhealthdiet.com/eeaa.htm, and numerous free articles on health http://easyhealthdiet.com/articles/. Seven of ten deaths are caused by preventable diseases.


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