Nutrition
Living with Crohn's Disease and a PICC Line
My name is Michael Seres and I am the Founder and CEO of 11 Health and Technologies. When I was 12, I was diagnosed with the incurable bowel condition, Crohn’s Disease. After constant intestinal failure and numerous operations, the only solution to my problem was to undergo a rare small...
Prevention Stages of Breast Cancer
We were recently contacted by Jennifer who asked to write a guest post for us on the prevention stages of breast cancer. Please find her article below! Thank you Jennifer for adding your insights for our community. Everyone knows the importance of prevention of any of the diseases and especially...
Living with Crohn's Disease
We've been hearing a lot about Crohn's disease recently and wanted to share some basic information with our community! What is Crohn’s disease? Crohn’s disease is the inflammation of the digestive system that can run from the mouth to anus. Signs and symptoms often include abdominal pain, bleeding, diarrhea, fever...
A Guide to Macronutrients and How They Can Impact Your Health
Our friend, let's call him John Doe, was having trouble starting his fitness journey, finding informational articles on nutrition and websites to help jump-start a healthy lifestyle. John, like many people trying to live a healthy lifestyle, fails to realize that losing weight and staying healthy is not a give...
Tools and Tips to Reduce Nausea and Improve Nutrition During Chemotherapy
We recently had the chance to get to know Margot Malin, the Founder & CEO of Lots To Live For, Inc. We asked her to share more on some tools and tips to reduce nausea and improve nutrition during chemotherapy. Below you will find a post that she generously has written....
Living with Cystic Fibrosis
Many of our readers had no idea that CF (Cystic Fibrosis) can be treated through PICC lines and ports so we wanted to share more on Cystic Fibrosis below. Feel free to continue to send us other topics that you’re interested in learning about! What is Cystic Fibrosis? Cystic fibrosis...
About PICC Lines and the Care+Wear PICC Line Cover
What is a PICC line? Often times, patients are given a PICC (peripherally inserted central catheter) line to help access the blood stream. Access to the blood stream is required for a number of treatments including treatments for Cancer, Diabetes, Lyme Disease and TPN (total parenteral nutrition). A PICC line is inserted in...