A seven-year-old girl with a tennis ball-sized tumor that was wrapped around her aorta and her internal organs had surgery to remove it. In order to do that, they had to take six of her organs out and remove the tumor and then put the organs back in.

They were able to save three of them, and although she will be diabetic for the rest of her life she is expected to live normally now. It’s amazing, and if you have something in your family that’s a big event, or if you have a loved one who’s sick and you want to remember them and all the joy they’ve brought to you, you can start scrapbooking.

Decorating the pages is easy, too, with a Cricut cartridge that will make the shapes and designs you like. It can help you chronicle your life or the lives of those you care about.

African American women get heart disease at a greater rate than Caucasian women. Unfortunately, a lot of minority women aren’t aware of their risk so they don’t do anything about it.

No matter what your race or genetic history, you don’t have to simply assume that you’ll get heart disease. You can take action to try to avoid it. The sooner you start the better, but it’s never too let to make an effort to lower your risk. It’s important for all women to know their risk factors, but it’s even more important for minority women.

Statistics on death rates show that an African American woman’s risk is almost forty points higher than a Caucasian woman’s risk. Race is a factor that you can’t change, but there are many factors that you can change. Whether you smoke, how you eat, and how much exercise you get all have a lot to do with your chances of getting heart disease. Those are things you can control.

By quitting smoking, eating healthier meals, and making sure that you get at least a moderate amount of exercise, you can help to protect your heart.

If you’re African American, you should know that your diabetes risk is higher than a Caucasian person’s risk. There are a lot of complications and other health problems that can be caused by – and come along with – diabetes.

Fortunately, there are things that you can do to reduce your risk of complications like blindness, heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, amputation, and nerve damage. If you get tested and are found to have diabetes, there are ways you can manage the disease, and good management leads to a strong reduction in problems associated with diabetes. You shouldn’t panic if your African American. It doesn’t mean that you’ll develop diabetes. But because your risk is higher you should know the facts, learn about the possibilities, and make sure that you see your doctor on a regular basis to be tested for diabetes.

Catching it early and dealing with it then is much, much easier and better for you in the long run than waiting until you already have problems with it, some of which might not be so easily fixed.