Prediabetes is a condition that can lead to the development of Type 2 diabetes according to the CDC. You have prediabetes if your blood glucose is higher than normal (though not high enough to be diagnosed with diabetes). Other risk factors include Your age: you are “45 years of age or older” Your weight: you “are...
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“Whether they realize it or not, journalists reporting on health care developments deliver public health messages that can influence the behavior of clinicians and patients.” ~Susan Dentzer Hope Hope is powerful. It should be treasured and protected. It keeps humans moving forward, despite enormous obstacles. This is especially true for people with...
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Awareness Ribbons What does white symbolize? It depends on where you live. In some countries, white is the color of purity, in others; it is the color of mourning. In November in the US, white is the color for the lung cancer awareness ribbon. As an awareness color, it represents a characteristic of lung cancer; lung cancer symptoms often go...
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November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month Lungevity, a non-profit devoted to education and research on lung cancer, provided this infographic to provide some basics on the incidence and prevalence of lung cancer. The organization also supports lung cancer survivors. Thank you Lungevity for sharing this...
Read MoreI Like to Move It, Move It: MOVEmber
What’s A Mo? Worldwide, upper lips will be lost from this day through the next 30, as the mo takes over. It’s November 1st, the beginning of Movember, a fundraising effort for men’s health that’s been going on since 2003. The Movember Foundation has supported awareness programs and scientific research on prostate cancer, testicular...
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