Farewell to Blogger Julie E. Fletcher

Goodbye Julie and Thank-You

I would like to publicly thank Julie E. Fletcher for her fine work maintaining the Battling Diabetes blog since mid-January 2008 and thank her for being part of the HART-Empire Network.

Unfortunately, for personal reasons .. she had asked to resign from this position as a full-time blogger and I have accepted.

Feel free to browse our Archives and see all of Julie’s posts between January 2008 and April 2008.

What’s Next For The BATTLING DIABETES Blog?

Currently, there is no replacement writer lined up for this blog as I will be filling up positions in other blogs first. However, if you think you’ve got what it takes and wish to apply with the HART-Empire Network .. please see THIS PAGE and feel free to send in an application!

In the meantime, I will be posting the odd ezine article to this blog and hope you keep subscribed to this blog!

Take care everybody!
HART (1-800-HART)
BattlingForHealth.com
HART-Empire-Network.com

               

Battling Diabetes In 14 Languages

Diabetes affects men, women, and children all over the globe. But, until now, Battling Diabetes, the blog, has only been available in English. That is no longer true! Battling Diabetes is now available in 14 different languages. We now have a translation tool located in the lefthand sidebar.

If you or someone you know suffers from diabetes, yet English is not your first language, you can now enjoy all of the recipes posted, information, and silly fun that goes on.

Battling Diabetes is now translated into:

1. English
2. German
3. French
4. Italian
5. Spanish
6. Portuguese
7. Japanese
8. Korean
9a. Chinese Simplified
9b. Chinese Traditional
10. Arabic
11. Dutch
12. Greek
13. Russian
14. Norwegian

Just click on the flag of your country’s home tounge to have this blog translated. Thank you for being readers, we hope this makes it easier for you in your search for diabetes information. Original post on HART-Empire-Network.

               

Farewell to Blogger Michael Davidsen

I would like to publicly thank Michael Davidsen for his work here blogging at Battling Alzheimer in 2008. It was quite informative and entertaining reading stories from .. “the perspective of a forgetful caregiver who has perhaps looked more deeply into a patient’s eyes than some others have” … being that of his grandmother’s eyes.

Unfortunately, for personal reasons .. Michael had asked to resign from this position as a full-time blogger and I have accepted. I will not be going to explain his reasons and leave it up to Michael.

In early November 2007, my own father-in-law was in a car accident and suffered brain damage as a result. Although there is some long-term memories, there is no short term memory. Every day is a new day waking up in a strange new environment wondering, well .. many things. According to my wife, as sad is it was for her father was to have a ‘brain bleed’ and the loss of memory and other cognitive functions … her father probably would have preferred it this way - if he was aware or able to remember. He was 73 and still self-employed as an antique clock repairman and kept his mind quite active. Just recently, he renewed the lease on his business for another 3 years and if this accident had not happened, when that term is up he would probably be renewing his lease for another term and continue to work like the energizer bunny!

I enjoyed reading Michael’s posts here at Battling Alzheimer .. and will be able to take a lot out of it personally. From Alzheimer’s disease .. to the brain damaged person .. my father-in-law’s situation is not much different. His memory is gone .. but he is still an individual.

A few great posts by Michael are:

* Putting People With Alzheimer’s To Work - One Grandma At A Time
* Can Your Loved One Trust You?

Feel free to browse our Archives and see all of Michael’s posts for January 2008 and February 2008.

What’s Next For The Battling Alzheimer Blog?

As Michael mentioned on his last post ..

“I will be moving out too, someday to go where my grandmother has gone (perhaps). Someday I may be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, perhaps sooner than I think. Next week, someone else will be taking over as the writer of this blog, just as someone has taken over care of my grandmother’s house. In the end, it’s foolish to hold onto the pain. Let’s just hold onto the joys.

And we will be moving on. Starting this week - a new writer will be taking over this blog, and I wish her all the success. I invite this new blogger to just start and introduce herself to all our Battling For Health readers and hopefully, tell us a little more about herself!

In the meantime …

Take care everybody!
HART (1-800-HART)
BattlingForHealth.com
HART-Empire-Network.com

               

Farewell to Blogger Lesly Maranan

Goodbye Lesly and Thank-You

I would like to publicly thank Lesly Maranan for her fine work maintaining the Battling Cancer blog since mid-October 2007. I believe she did a GREAT job writing for this blog and I would like to thank her for being part of the HART-Empire Network.

Unfortunately, for personal reasons .. she had asked to resign from this position as a full-time blogger and I have accepted. I will not be going to explain her reasons and leave it up to her.

Perhaps, if she is able, or willing .. we might see some Guest Post Articles from Lesly in the future!

Lesly .. You will remain to be a ‘contributor’ here at the Battling Cancer blog. If you ever wanted to guest post articles in this blog, you are welcome to just log in and do just that! If you need or want any support from the Battling Cancer blog, or wish to promote other cancer related activities or events - just let me know!

HART

The about page of Lesly Maranan described Lesly this way …

Professionally, Lesly has spent the last ten years as a research scientist in the fields of cancer cell biology and chemotherapeutics while pursuing an alternate career as a journalist, writer, and educator.

This Battling Cancer blog, I believe, was Lesly’s first “full-time blogging” position .. and I will DEFINITELY say Lesly can add “Blogger” to her list of skills on her resume. She has left us with some great posts, such as these:

* What Your Friends and Family With Cancer Want You to Know

* I Have Cancer, and This is What I Want You to Know - Part I, Part II, and Part III

Feel free to browse our Archives and see all of Lesly’s posts between October 2007 and February 2008.

What’s Next For The BATTLING CANCER Blog?

Well .. effective March 1, 2008 (that’s today!) I have hired a new blogger to take over this Battling Cancer blog, and we will be back to regularly posting articles at least once every weekday .. starting Monday!

I think you are going to really like this new blogger - I did!

Sometime this weekend, I will be placing the face of our new blogger in the top left “About” section, and after that .. well, I invite this new blogger to just start and introduce herself to all our Battling For Health readers and hopefully, tell us a little more about herself!

In the meantime …

Take care everybody!
HART (1-800-HART)
BattlingForHealth.com
HART-Empire-Network.com

               

Welcome to the NEW AND IMPROVED Battling Addiction Site!

We Have A New Template!

It’s about time, but I have finally installed the new ‘network’ template that I have been placing on all of the BattlingForHealth.com blogs .. with just a few more to go!

Feel free to look around, see the new look .. and if you notice anything kooky .. please bring it to my attention here in these comments or our new Contact Page

               

Welcome To The NEW AND IMPROVED Battling Heart and Stroke

We Have A New Template!

I have been in the midst of converting all of the “Battling For Health” series of blogs with the new Network Wide Template .. and now we have one on this blog!

Hopefully, I can resume to more frequent postings to go along with the template!

If you see any thing kooky, please let me know by way of a comment in this article.

Thank-you and Happy New Year!

HART

               

Welcome to the NEW AND IMPROVED Battling Alzheimer Site!

We Have A New Template!

Welcome to the Battling Alzheimer blog. I have finally updated this blog with the new HART-Empire Network template that I have been installing on all the “Battling For Health” series of sites.

Please feel free to look around and give this template a good test spin, with your comments and rating of existing posts. I have updated a few plugins and have included a super caching plugin that should help speed up the viewing of existing posts and images.

At this time .. I am also excited to announce that a new author will be taking over this blog in 2008 .. and well, I’ll let that writer settle in and provide you with all the necessary introductions and new direction of for this blog .. for those “Battling The Monster: Alzheimer’s Disease”

Until then .. Season’s Greetings from HART-Empire Network and all the best for 2008!

Take care.
HART

               

Welcome to the NEW AND IMPROVED Battling Stress Site

I am currently in the midst of upgrading all the “Battling For Health” sites to the new network template, and happy to say that this BATTLING STRESS blog finally has a new look. Although, I am still testing this template (it’s in beta mode) .. while I am doing this I have removed a few plugins and installed a few more - so, if you see anything screwy or kooky - please drop me a comment about it!

Take care - and, hope you had a Wonderful Christmas!

HART

               

Welcome to the NEW and IMPROVED Battling Cancer Site

We Have A New Template!

If you haven’t noticed yet .. this is a brand new template for Battling Cancer. This picture on the left is a screen capture image view of what it looked like before.

Although, I’m still rolling out the changes, crossing my “T”’s and dotting my “I”’s .. but, for the most part it is ready to roll!

Please take a good look around and leave us a comment if you have any suggestions, or can’t find anything. Although this template is up, we still consider it to be in a ‘beta’ mode.

This similar template is also installed over at Battling Arthritis, and will eventually be installed on all of the “Battling For Health” series of blogs. There is now an easy access to each health blog, by clicking the links at the top of the header.

Season’s Greetings from all of us at HART-Empire Network
HART

               

Welcome To The NEW AND IMPROVED Battling Arthritis Site

We Finally Have A New Template!

Well, ever since this blog was taken over by Gloria .. I have been promising a new template for the Battling Arthritis blog. It was always in just a short reach away, that I never really did bother placing a different site, and as such .. just left the wordpress Kubrick default template.

At the moment, you are looking at the beta version of the NEW look for the HART-Empire Network. For 2008, I plan to roll out similar templates to all my sites around the network. For all “Battling For Health” series of blogs, the templates will be quite similar with the same colors and general feel - with, each blog’s uniqueness adding to it’s growth. All readers from any health blog will now be able to quickly jump to another health blog, via the links at the top of the page.

I’m still experimenting with sidebar and footer content, but I think everything else is done.

Will You Help Us Test This Website?

We would like your opinion, before we start rolling this template out to about 40 sites.

* How does it work for you?
* How does it look to you?
* Is it fast? Is it slow?
* Please comment - we need testing!
* Do you have any suggestions? tips?

The HART-Empire Network, in conjunction with Battling Arthritis, also want to wish everybody a “Season’s Greetings, and a Happy Holiday, and all the best in 2008.

Take care
HART (1-800-HART)
http:/HART-Empire-Network.com