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Your Health - Water is the Most Important Ingredient

Access to drinking water in Haiti Did you know? Water is the most important ingredient your body needs everyday. When you deprive your body of water, it reacts in the same manner as when you deprive yourself of food... Read this... more »

I am having Low Back Pain, am I getting old? Is it age related?

Low Back Pain, Hip Pain, is it a nerve, muscle, or joint? How to Tell (video) Sometimes, as we begin to get older (when young Haitians call you a ti granmoun) we still think we are young super men, capable of doing anything. After lifting 8 deep-cycle batteries 5 feet high, I realize I'm not young anymore. My back hurts like a mother f... LOL... more »

Neck Injury : Haitian Chiropractors, doesn't this hurt?

Most Haitian women on the countryside carry heavy weights on top of their heads everyday. Makes me wonder, chiropractors, doesn't this habit affect the neck and spine of these poor Haitians? more »

Haiti CLAIRIN - Deadly drinking alcohol kills many on both sides of Haiti-Dominican border

PHOTO: Haiti - Clairin vs Methanol Haiti Health -- A deadly moonshine (clairin) reportedly sold in Los Cacaos, a Haitian border town with Pedro Santana, Dominican Republic, has killed many people along the border. Alcohol drinkers beware... more »

STRESS can Make your Body Ache, Did you know that?

Sometimes you feel pain all over your body and you have no idea what is causing this... It could be STRESS! You're probably stressed out. Read this... more »

Tips for Storing Your Vitamins: Not in the Kitchen, NOT in the bathroom!

Vitamin Supplements: Omega-3 Fish Oil, Vitamin C, Calcium with Vitamin D If you are like me, you store your vitamins in the kitchen cabinet or in the bathroom. I just found out, these are the two worse places to store your vitamins and supplement. more »

Do you throw away your vitamin supplements once the expiration date is reached? Read this...

Vitamin Supplements: Omega-3 Fish Oil, Vitamin C, Calcium with Vitamin D I know many people will throw away their vitamins and supplements as soon as they reach the expiration date. Don't do that. You're throwing your money away... Read this... more »

Haiti Health & Diet - PAPAYA is Good for Your Eyes

Papaya - Nutrition and Health Benefits Haitian simply love to drink "Jus Papaye" (Papaya juice) but did you know? Papaya is Good for Your Eyes... more »

Nearly 40 percent of Haitian doctors leave the country

Haiti Medical Alert While hospitals in Haiti are suffering from a shortage of doctors, nearly 40% of health care professionals, trained in Haiti at the Faculty of Medicine at the expense of Haitian taxpayers, leave the country. more »

Your Health : Parsley - Great herb to help you recover from Anemia

Parsley Health Benefits - Healthy Foods that's good for you Did you know? Pasley is a great herb to help you recover from anemia. You can have anemia and not even know it. If you've feeling tired, having headaches, you feel weak and a bit depressed, changes are you have anemia... more »