According to the Mayo Clinic, blood pressure is determined by both the amount of blood your heart pumps and the amount of resistance to blood flow in your arteries. The more blood your heart pumps and the narrower your arteries, the higher your blood pressure. A lot of heart complications can come from having high…
DSMES Toolkit: A One-Stop Shop for Successful Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support
76% of Creekside High School students absent from highly contagious stomach illness
Stomach virus keeps more than 75 percent of students home Friday from St. Johns County high school
Protecting Your Relationships: Dealing with Diabetes
Hello! Today’s blog is going to be on diabetes and relationships. Having a plan is very important. A lot of arguments happen because there is not a plan in place to prevent those arguments from happening. When I talk about a plan it’s basically a plan of action. Both parties know exactly what’s going to…
Is Usana Good For Diabetes?
Hello, I’m Ty Mason from TheDiabetesCouncil.com, researcher, writer and I have type 2 diabetes. Today I’m going to answer the question, is usana good for diabetes. But before we get into that, make sure you download my free diabetes management book which also includes a diabetes grocery shopping guide (foods to eat and avoid) by…
Hyperphosphatemia – causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, pathology
With hyperphosphatemia, hyper- means over, -phosphat- refers to phosphate, and -emia refers to the blood, so hyperphosphatemia means having a high phosphate level in the blood, typically above 4.5 mg/dL. Now, phosphate is made up of one central phosphorus atom surrounded by four oxygen atoms in a tetrahedral arrangement, kind of like a mini pyramid,…
Preventing Type 2 Diabetes in Kids
(Music) Announcer: Welcome to Your Health with Joan Lunden, presented by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Joan Lunden: Hi, I’m Joan Lunden. Diabetes is an epidemic that is sweeping our country, and sadly it’s not just affecting adults. It’s also affecting our children. We are pleased to be joined by Dr. Ann Albright,…
Is it possible to cure Damaged Kidneys Without Dialysis or Transplant?
Hello friends, will introduce you to another patient today! what is your name? My name is Amardeep Sharma Where are you from? “Madhya Pradesh” Which District? “Bhind District” When you came Amardeep, what was the problem at that time? “The problem was, the creatinine level was not decreasing, it was 5 mg/dl. When I came…
