Information Regarding Insulin Storage and Switching Between Products in an Emergency
Insulin from various manufacturers is often made available to patients in an emergency and may be different from a patient’s usual insulin.
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Diabetes Disaster Preparedness Patient Information
As a person with diabetes, your daily routine involves schedules and planning. An emergency can seriously affect your health. It may be difficult to cope with a disaster when it occurs. You and your family should plan and prepare beforehand even if the event is loss of electricity for a few hours.
Taking Care of Your Diabetes When You’re Away From Home
Tips that can help diabetics take care of themselves when they’re away from home.
Five Ways Older Adults Can Be More Physically Active
As you get older, your risk for type 2 diabetes increases. You’re also at higher risk if you have a family history of diabetes. But you’re never too old to lower your diabetes risk.
Preventing Diabetes from Progressing Into Kidney Disease
Important information and advice to help stop or slow the progression of diabetes-based End-Stage Renal Disease.
Five Important Facts About Diabetes
With so much health information available, it can be hard for people living with diabetes to separate fact from fiction. These five facts about diabetes can help people better understand how to manage the disease.
Control the ABC’s of Diabetes for a Healthy Heart
Living with diabetes puts you at an increased risk for developing heart disease and stroke. But there’s hope. People with diabetes can learn to manage their diabetes – and cut their risk for heart attack and stroke by more than half.
Questions to Ask Your Healthcare Team About Your Type 2 Diabetes
Living with diabetes is not easy. Here are five questions you can ask your health care team to help you learn how to manage your diabetes and live a long, healthy life.
Chronic Inflammation: The Elephant in the Room of Our Health
Most Americans know that health risks such as high blood cholesterol and blood sugar are important to monitor, but a growing number of researchers believe that other major factors with far-ranging effects on heart disease and cancer should be getting more attention. One of these big factors is inflammation.
How Team Care Improves Depression and Diabetes
The expanding number of people with multiple physical and mental chronic conditions are among the toughest, and costliest, to care for. The TEAMcare collaborative care program offers a promising solution.
Raising Veggie-Eating Children
We hear about vegetables’ importance to health all the time, but many children and adolescents still don’t eat even one serving a day.
Put Some Zest Into the Spring Season
Put some zest into the spring season with this colorful, easy to prepare dish! It features the great taste of mangoes along with the wonderful benefits of turkey and broccoli.
Are Coupons Hurting or Helping Your Healthy Eating Goals?
Are coupons helping you or hurting you? Take a few minutes to review whether you are using coupons to your best overall advantage.
Grade-A Grocery List: Shopping Tips to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
A healthy diet doesn’t have to be expensive. Start by planning meals and making a grocery list ahead of time to take charge of what you eat. Follow these tips while grocery shopping to help you and your entire family make healthy food choices.