by PHC Team | Apr 13, 2018 | Diabetes
Diabetes is generally defined as elevated blood sugar, but since there are many causes of elevated blood sugar, it’s classified into different types. Type 1 diabetes occurs when your body cannot make insulin or can only make a very small amount of insulin. Type 2...
by phc | Mar 24, 2014 | Cancer, Diabetes, Healthcare News
Many people debate what diet is best. As we reach middle age it seems keeping the weight off becomes harder. It is not uncommon for people to develop diabetes at age 45 and then to continue into type 2 or insulin dependent diabetes. What is worse is as people are...
by phc | Apr 10, 2013 | Diabetes, Healthcare News
You may not be aware of the benefit of eating nuts but a recent study has confirmed that they have benefits that can help improve your health. The study involved tracking 58,063 women between the ages of 52-77 and a second group 79,893 women who were 35-52. A...
by phc | Mar 27, 2013 | Diabetes, Healthcare News
Researchers continue to unlock the importance of vitamin D in the body. Researchers have shown that poor vitamin D levels in the body have been associated with a higher prevalence of the metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, or both in adults and adolescents. In a...
by phc | Mar 1, 2013 | Diabetes, Healthcare News
New Information released at the American Heart Association International Conference showed that one out of three stroke survivors in the United States has undiagnosed pre-diabetes. “Black stroke survivors are more than twice as likely as whites to have undiagnosed...
by phc | Jan 29, 2013 | Diabetes, Healthcare News
Kaiser Permanente Northwest conducted a study to find out how risk factors for people with type 2 diabetes affected the chances of hospitalization and possible death. The study involved 26,636 patients with type 2 diabetes. The patients were part of an HMO and had...
