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Why Everyone Should Have a Diabetes-Friendly Lifestyle 
June 2, 2021
Lower your diabetes risk by following these 8 easy changes.
In today’s culture, there’s no escape from the pressure to achieve an ideal body. As a result, being overweight can cause significant shame or embarrassment – to the point that some people avoid doctor visits. They don’t want to face the scale, much less a lecture about weight loss, according to… See more
What You Should Know About Stress and Diabetes
June 2, 2021
A support group can help you reduce your stress, which can make managing your blood sugar easier.
Stress is bad for your health – but you probably know that from experience. (If you’ve somehow skated through this life stress-free, we want to know your secrets.) Stress can keep you up all night and cause diarrhea, headaches, fatigue and more.   Stress also harms your health in ways you can… See more
4 Health Issues Women Might Not Think About
By Janet Tiberian, MA, MPH, CHES
May 3, 2021
4 Health Risks Women Need to Be More Concerned About
Traditionally, women have been concerned about women’s related health issues – breast cancer, reproductive health, urinary tract infections and osteoporosis. These are legitimate concerns that women should address and discuss with their doctors.  But many women fail to consider other serious… See more
Prediabetes Linked to Cognitive Decline
By Janet Tiberian, MA, MPH, CHES
April 17, 2021
Cognitive Decline

Diabetes and the Brain

Scientists have known for years that having type 2 raises your risk for dementia. In fact, scientists have considered using the term type 3 diabetes to describe Alzheimer’s disease – a debilitating form of dementia that progressively impairs cognitive health. Why?… See more
Four Underlying Conditions Related to COVID Hospitalizations
By Janet Tiberian, MA, MPH, CHES
April 16, 2021
Conditions Linked to COVID Hospitalizations
Since the beginning of the pandemic, scientists have warned us that chronic conditions raise the risk for serious COVID-19 complications. Scientists have now pinpointed the four cardiometabolic disorders that have accounted for… See more
Top 3 Leading Causes of Death in the US
By Janet Tiberian, MA, MPH, CHES
April 15, 2021
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Despite the Pandemic, Heart Disease and Cancer Lead Deaths in the U.S.

You can’t turn on a television or scroll through a social media feed without reading about COVID-19. And while COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, is dangerous and contagious — heart disease is… See more
COVID-19 & Metformin: What Diabetics Need to Know
By Janet Tiberian, MA, MPH, CHES
March 19, 2021
Metformin seems to lower risk of COVID deaths
If you have type 2 diabetes, you’re probably concerned about catching COVID-19 and developing serious complications. People with type 2 are at higher risk for serious cases of the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. But if you’re taking the diabetes drug metformin, your chances of a COVID-19 related… See more
COVID-19: Why Do Some People Develop Life Threatening Complications?
By Janet Tiberian, MA, MPH, CHES
July 17, 2020
Since early 2020, medical and public health professionals have been scrambling to understand COVID-19. So far, a majority of those whose infections were confirmed with testing — 80 percent — had mild symptoms and recovered with little medical intervention, which is obviously great news. … See more
Your Prescription for Metformin Might Be a Blessing in Disguise
By Janet Tiberian, MA, MPH, CHES
November 9, 2018
Metformin Has Benefits Beyond Diabetes Control
Many Americans take metformin. Most of them have either type 2 diabetes or prediabetes (the drug is also occasionally used to treat type 1, or insulin-dependent, diabetes). Although you may not love taking metformin, there is a bright side: The drug may… See more
Men Whose Wives Have Higher BMI Share Risk for Diabetes
By Janet Tiberian, MA, MPH, CHES
August 17, 2018
Men Whose Wives Have Higher BMI Share Risk for Diabetes
Married couples share many things: Their homes, their lives, and according to a new study published in Diabetologia, a risk for developing type 2 diabetes. At least the men in the relationship do. Researchers found a connection between the… See more

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