Fish Oil May Be Good Supplemental Treatment For Lupus

Systemic lupus erythematosus (also called SLE or lupus) is a chronic inflammatory disease that can affect the skin, joints, kidneys, lungs, nervous system, and other organs of the body. Patients with lupus may also develop premature cardiovascular disease. Researchers randomly assigned 60 patients with lupus in a double-blind, placebo controlled trial to determine the effect of dietary supplementation with omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on disease activity and endothelial function.

The investigators employed various methods to measure lupus disease activity and to study endothelial function and cell damaging free radical molecules in this 24-week study.

At the end of the study, participants who had been taking omega-3 fish oil showed significant improvement in all areas of measurement, including improved blood vessel function and a reduction in cell damaging molecules—resulting in potential cardiovascular benefits. There was also a significant improvement in a number of the symptoms of active lupus.

“This study confirms the beneficial effects of omega-3 fish oils in improving the symptoms of SLE and also provides evidence for the potential cardioprotective effect they may have in this group of patients,” said Stephen Wright, MD, specialist registrar in rheumatology, department of therapeutics and musculoskeletal education & research unit, Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland, and lead investigator in the study.

My Song

When I first got my Cochlear Implant; a good friend of mine told me he always
thought of me when he heard REM's song: "Everybody Hurts". He even gave me the CD. I found this 'captioned' U-Tube and ... I LOVE the song!

"My Song": R.E.M. Rocks!

This flood was new in that it brought about massive URBAN Flooding. (all that snow)from the lack of drains (or clogged up drains).
It not just the rivers.. as a matter of fact; the flooding over the roads is NOT from the rivers.

All along the highway I saw pipes gushing:
WATER into the ditches on the roads by the rivers.
WATER coming from DEVELOPMENTS.
WATER that the already saturated earth could not handle; so it was going over the roads.

(That) WATER belonged to the Developments NOT to the Environment or Rivers.

For Every Tree that is Cut;

For Every House that is Built:

A DRAIN Should Be Put in it's Place.<---I think I can make a song from that!

I see more and more construction adding "Run Off Areas".

We have a "Sacrifice Area" in the middle of our place. A "Run Off Area" (a hole that fills up with water,like a pond). So Kat's pastures are as mud free as possible and if it rains (or snows) before we had manure picked up;
the "melt off" goes into the "fenced off pond". The Run Off Area was created with layers of gravel and pipes and drains.

The towns that needed to be evacuated was due to Lack of Drainage or Run Off Areas.

Therefore; if people are going to chop down the forests and build; they have to address WHERE the run off water will go. and ensure it doesn't go into our rivers.