Better Diabetes Management
Today, nearly two-thirds of the 12 million Americans diagnosed with type 2 diabetes have blood sugar levels that are out of control, putting them at risk for serious complications. Are you one of them?
People and Diabetes
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What You Need to Know About Physical Activity and Diabetes
When you take care of your diabetes, you’ll feel better. You’ll reduce your risk for problems with your kidneys, eyes, nerves, feet and legs, and teeth. You’ll also lower your risk for a heart attack or a stroke. Among other things, you can take care of your diabetes by being physically active. Learn how easy it is!
Financial Help for Diabetes Care
Diabetes treatment is expensive. According to the American Diabetes Association, diabetics spend an average of $13,243 a year on health care expenses. Many people who have diabetes need help paying some of the bills. This article details where you can go for help.
Multi-Cultural Cooking With Beans
Once an ethnic and seasonal ingredient found only at Italian greengrocers from September to May, fennel now appears in many supermarkets through most of the year. Includes recipe for Chicken with Fennel and Red Peppers.
How Are Insulin Resistance, Pre-Diabetes, And Type 2 Diabetes Linked?
When the pancreas does not make enough insulin or the body is unable to use the insulin that is present, the cells cannot use glucose. Excess glucose builds up in the bloodstream, setting the stage for diabetes.
Can Soy Fight Cancer?
When soy foods were first tied to a lower risk of cancer, consumer publications made the link seem certain. Now many people are unsure what soy can do against cancer.
Fat Still Possible Risk for Breast Cancer
For years, population comparisons around the world have linked high-fat diets with greater breast cancer risk. Laboratory and animal studies support such a link. But studies of individuals have had mixed results.
Menopause: A Natural Step in a Woman’s Life
Menopause is a natural step in a woman’s life cycle, yet several body changes that accompany menopause pose problems for many women.
I Have Diabetes: What Should I Eat?
You can help control your blood sugar, also called blood glucose, and diabetes when you eat healthy, get enough exercise, and stay at a healthy weight. Find out more about eating and diabetes.
I Have Diabetes: When Should I Eat?
You should keep your blood sugar (also called blood glucose) at a healthy level to prevent or slow down diabetes problems.
Phone Counseling Puts Sedentary Women on the Move
Phone counseling that encourages women to overcome obstacles to exercise in their lives seems to work equally well for black, white, rich and poor individuals.
Mix of Factors Related to Exercise Among Minority Women
Women from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds say that having more convenient and inexpensive places to exercise would encourage them to become more active, a nationwide collection of studies in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine concludes.
Facts About Erectile Dysfunction
Damage to nerves, arteries, smooth muscles, and fibrous tissues, often as a result of diseases, such as diabetes, kidney disease, chronic alcoholism, multiple sclerosis, atherosclerosis, vascular disease, and neurologic disease, account for about 70 percent of ED cases.
Child Care May Be Hazardous To Grandma’s Health
About one in seven American women have raised a grandchild for six months or more, but grandmothers who provide care for even a few hours a day may be at increased risk for heart attacks.
