1 Movement. 2  Moving and using the muscles in the part of your body affected by edema may help pump the excess fluid back to your heart. 3  Ask your doctor about exercises you can do that may reduce swelling. 4  Elevation. 5  Hold the swollen part of your body above the level of your heart several times a day.efore trying these self-care techniques, talk to your doctor about which ones are right for you. 1  Movement. 2  Moving and using the muscles in the part of your body affected by edema may help pump the excess fluid back to your heart. 3  Ask your doctor about exercises you can do that may reduce swelling.
Harry S. Truman â President & Haberdasher. In spite the current presidential race going on between Mr. Obama and Mr. Romney, and the political fatigue that follows, we want to profile a past president today.
As part of Black History Month, we remember Carl B. Stokes -- the first black mayor of a major American city. Stokes, the great-grandson of a slave, rose from poverty to defeat Seth Taft, the grandson of a president, in Cleveland's close 1967 mayoral race. The victory put him on the cover of Time magazine.