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My very personal reason for honoring Black History Month
This morning, I was looking into my medicine cabinet mirror (not for long; I’m not vain in the morning), when the word “steroid” popped up in my head. In that medicine cabinet were several steroid-based medications which have made my … Continue reading
Posted in Racism, The Facts of Life
Tagged Black History Month, bronchiectasis, emphysema, opthalmology, Percy Lavon Julian, prednisone, steroids, uveitis
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If you have a chronic health condition, have you ever wondered where steroids came from?
I do and I did. I first began to understand the ubiquity of steroids while my father slowly went downhill due to emphysema. There was no remedy but there were two mitigating substances he took. One of them was prednisone. … Continue reading
Posted in Medical care in the US, The Facts of Life
Tagged anti-inflammatories, emphysema, google, Percy Lavon Julian, prednisone, steroids, uveitis
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