How healthy is my brain? This a question you probably should be asking yourself. That is, for the around 9% (about 350 million) of the world population diagnosed with diabetes, 29 million of whom live in the US, research recommends making brain health a top priority. Diabetes and Brain Health Research Not many people consider diminished brain health a...
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Colorectal Cancer Awareness “It is a silent disease,” Teri Griege relates. “There is the embarrassment factor. Somebody’s got to talk about this,” she says. “Somebody has to have the guts to stand up and say, ‘I had bleeding.’” Since 2009, Teri has courageously told her story of being diagnosed with Stage IV colorectal...
Read MoreBankruptcy: The Other Cost of Cancer
In the US, people buy health insurance to pay for their medical care. Often their employer, as a benefit, offers partially subsidized health insurance (if they are working full time). Yet, even if people buy the best coverage they can through their employer, they pay out-of-pocket costs. Some, who can’t afford that kind of chunk out of the weekly...
Read MoreSavor These Power Foods For Your Heart Health
March is National Nutrition Month. It is a educational campaign started in 1973 by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. To celebrate the importance of “eating right,” the Cleveland Clinic has created an infographic on power foods for your heart which we are sharing here. Include these foods in healthy recipes. Some of these foods help...
Read MoreWhy Do We Sleep? Sleeping and Sleep Awareness Week
“Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it… Let’s do it,” ~Cole Porter Let’s Fall Asleep. All right, so the song doesn’t go like this exactly but it is true that everybody–bees, birds, scorpions, dolphins and lots of other animals–sleep. The Dangers of Sleep Yet if you think about it, sleeping is a pretty dangerous...
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