What is Osteogenesis-Imperfecta

Osteogenesis imperfecta is a group of genetic bone disorders. It is one of the brittle bone diseases. People with OI either have less collagen than normal or the quality is poorer ...

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Monday November 30, 2009

Educational Stories

  • Home make over for handicap child

    Tuesday, January 13, 2009 | An Educational story

    This is a link to the Extreme Home Make Over TV program. Making a house for a family with a little boy that has the same condition ( Qsteogenesis  Imperecta or brittle bones ) as my son Rusty has
    http://fep.abc.go.com/fep/player?src=abccomjs&show=92244&pn=index&showId=922
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    This is an Extreme Home Make Over TV show.  The little boy in the  show has  Osteoge...


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  • The Right Combo of Meds

    Wednesday, January 28, 2009

    After reading a journal entry of a DS member who was very up set and depressed about her health situation. Blaming the ineffectiveness of the meds she had taken and  all the changes in meds prescribed  by her doctor over time,  I thought I might put my 2 cents in.  I am not a doctor. I am just coming from a common since stand point.  and a little bit of exp...

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  • Breast Cancer awareness being creative

    Monday, February 9, 2009 | An Educational story

      My sister is a  Breast Cancer  survivor. I am a quilter so the creative way that these ladies  thought up to bring about  Breast Cancer Awareness was close to both of us   .
    THE ARTFULL BRAS PROJECT
    Members of Quilters of South Carolina have created one-of-a-kind bras for Breast Cancer Awareness. The exhibit consists of forty-nine original works o...

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  • What A Rapists Look For In A Potential Victim

    Thursday, February 26, 2009 | An Educational story

     Please pass it along and share it with your children and family and friends.
    This information could save your life
    A group of rapists and date rapists in prison were interviewed on what they look for in a potential victim and here are some interesting facts:
    1) The first thing men look for in a potential victim is hairstyle.  They are most likely to go after a woman with a ponytail, bun...


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  • the Rebuilder for many nerve danage conditions

    Tuesday, April 14, 2009 | An Educational story

    I donot know if this is all that new but some of you might benifit from this new treatment for many different  kinds of nerve condition causing pain and other types of discomfort
    http://www.peripheralneuropathytre...
    What is the ReBuilder System™?
    Proven helpful for:
    - Peripheral neuropathy
    - Peripheral artery disease
    - Diabetic peripheral
    - MS
    - Carpel tunnel syndrome
    - Charcot Marie T...








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  • Questions Asked in the Emergency Room

    Friday, April 24, 2009 | An Educational story

    Questions Asked in the Emergency Room We have to understand why we are asked so many questions by a nurse or doctor in an emergency room. The questions may seem stupid or repetitive or rude at the time. But this is one way to find out about a patients mental state and to see if the brain is working or he is drunk and where the pain is and what kind of pain and what kind of accident or illnes...

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  • 12 Ways Technology Threatens Your Privacy

    Thursday, May 14, 2009 | An Educational story

    12 Ways Technology Threatens Your Privacy (and How to Protect Yourself)Vast stores of sensitive details about you are living in computer networks all over the world. This is information -- secrets shared in e-mails, details of your finances, records of your purchases and disease diagnoses – that you may consider extremely private. Well, businesses, governments and crooks alike think this in...

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  • Story of Success of a child who could not sit still in school.

    Thursday, July 23, 2009 | An Educational story

    This story was told By Sir Ken Robinson in a talk he gave at a TED conference. It is an example of how creativity should be pushed and nurtured in our children’s lives and in school. The following is a part of the talk he gave at a TED conference.  Here is a link to his talk. http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
    Ken Robinson says sch...

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