The Human Papillomavirus Virus (HPV) Vaccine for Women
The Human Papillomavirus Virus (HPV) is spread by having sex. Many sexually active young men and women in their late teens or early 20s are infected with HPV. Most HPV infections don’t have any symptoms and the infection goes away on its own. But, HPV infection could cause cervical cancer and genital warts. Cervical cancer [...]
What’s Kind 2 Diabetes?
Type 2 diabetes develops when the body does not properly use insulin. In response, the pancreas produces more insulin. Over time, the pancreas won’t make enough insulin for the body’s needs. This results in increased amounts of glucose in the blood while the cells are starved of energy. After a while, the high blood [...]
Tips For Better Managing Diabetes
Here are some action steps to help you manage your diabetes. Ask your provider or diabetes educator to help you. Make certain to check your blood sugar as instructed by your provider or diabetes educator. • If you’re having difficulty with your home testing, let your provider or diabetes educator know. Follow your diabetes food [...]
What Women Need to Know About Heart Disease and Heart Attacks
Are women at risk? Yes. Heart disease is the leading cause of death among women over 65. It causes more deaths than all cancers combined. What do women need to know about heart illness and heart attacks? Women are less likely to survive heart attacks than men. Warning signs of a heart attack include – [...]
Getting Ready For Your Physician Appointment
Having your blood pressure taken is easy. Here are a few tips to get ready for your appointment. o Make certain to take your blood pressure (BP) medicines on the day of your appointment, unless you’re especially told not to by your provider. o Prevent drinking coffee or caffeinated beverages for at least 30 minutes [...]
What Is Stress?
Stress is our body’s reaction to an event or change. To some degree it is part of our every day life. Each day we experience it in some way – when we deal with traffic, can’t find something, sleep past the alarm, company arrives unexpectedly… Even positive changes in our lives can result in stress [...]
Pre-Diabetes
Pre-Diabetes is becoming more common in the USA. As many as 50 million people have pre-diabetes. In pre-diabetes, your blood sugar levels not in the normal range. They’re higher than normal, but not as high as with diabetes. What does this mean? If you have pre-diabetes, you are at risk for developing kind 2 diabetes. [...]
Have Diabetes? Keeping Your Teeth and Gums Healthy
High blood sugar levels can cause teeth and gum problems. If you are older than 45, have diabetes and smoke, you are at increased risk for developing gum illness. Gum illness also known as periodontal illness, can lead to mouth pain, difficulty chewing and even tooth loss. Gum illness can even make your blood sugars [...]
Cigarette Tobacco use Is Perilous to Your Health
Smoking harms nearly every major organ in the body. Some of the chemicals from tobacco smoke include carbon monoxide, tar, arsenic and lead. All of these are poisonous. Tobacco also contains nicotine. Nicotine causes the addiction to tobacco products. Tobacco smoke contains at least 60 known cancer-causing substances. Cigarette use of tobacco is responsible for [...]
Arthritis – FAQs
What is arthritis? Arthritis is an inflammation of your joints. Joints are where two bones come together, like in your knees or your fingers. The word “arthritis” is used to describe more than 100 different kinds of problems that people can have with their joints. The most common type of arthritis is osteoarthritis. What parts [...]