Your comprehensive guide to understanding this stomach condition and how to manage it more effectively. Gastroparesis is a chronic condition affecting how the stomach muscles move food (peristalsis) and resulting in a delay or complete halt of food moving toward the small intestine. August is...

Managing the ABCs of diabetes is a great way to prevent diabetes-related complications. Here is how to control your diabetes. Every year more people are being diagnosed with diabetes across the globe. Understanding and managing this chronic disease improves your health and quality of life. The...

Discover 8 tips to help you achieve your diabetes management cost reduction goals. Key Takeaways Diabetes affects about 37.3 million Americans (1 in 10 adults) At least 90% of diabetics in the U.S. have type 2 diabetes, which is primarily triggered by lifestyle factors Many diabetes patients...

Key Takeaways: BMI is the standard measure for ideal weight BMI fails to account for other factors that affect one’s ideal weight, such as ethnicity and age Scientists and researchers are turning to other tools, including DEXA, waist circumference measurements, and skinfold...

There are a lot of benefits of exercise for diabetes, including that it can help regulate your blood sugar levels and reduce your risk of complications. Physical activities play a significant role in maintaining overall body fitness and reduces your risk of chronic diseases like diabetes,...

We can’t avoid aging, but we can avoid many risks associated with getting older so we can live longer lives. Here is how physical exercise can help us age healthy. We all age. Staying on top of the right habits will help you avoid many of the serious health issues that come with getting...

There’s a whole new world of better health waiting for you. Here’s how to take confident steps toward starting to exercise to stay healthy. Many view exercise as another unwanted stress, with concerns over associated financial costs, slow progress, and injury among many other factors...

With high cholesterol an increasingly common problem among so many Americans, it’s easy to forget the serious risks that accompany it – risks like heart attack, heart disease, stroke, and other heart complications. According to drugs.com, more than 35 million Americans are prescribed...

Walmart launches cheaper rapid-acting insulin In June, Walmart announced its plans to sell its own private brand analog insulin, ReliOn Novolog (insulin aspart) at significantly lower prices than the currently available brands. As any diabetic will tell you, insulin prices have skyrocketed in...

Quick Stats: People of all ages can suffer from high cholesterol, and it is estimated that 38% of all Americans have unhealthy levels. In 2015–2016, more than 12% of adults age 20 and older had total cholesterol higher than 240 mg/dL, and more than 18% had high-density lipoprotein (HDL,...

Quick Stats: 45% of American adults (108 million) have hypertension Only 1 in 4 with hypertension have it under control Nearly half (45%) of those with uncontrolled hypertension have a blood pressure of 140/90 mm Hg or higher What is High Blood Pressure? Blood pressure is the force of...

What is insulin? Insulin is a hormone, produced in the pancreas, that regulates many of the body’s metabolic processes that provide cells with energy. The body uses insulin to process glucose, a sugar found in many carbohydrates, for energy. It enables cells in the muscles, fat and liver to...

A new authorized generic of Eli Lilly’s insulin drug Humalog (insulin lispro) will soon be available in US pharmacies at half the price of the branded equivalent. The pharmaceutical giant made the announcement on March 4th 2019, asserting that the introduction of an alternative insulin option...

Last year saw some significant steps forward in diabetes technology, with a number of new monitoring technologies and insulin delivery devices gaining US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval over the course of 2018. Among the new products available to American diabetes patients last year...

For parents of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus the diagnosis often comes as a bolt from the blue. There is always a huge amount of information to digest and process and it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the sudden influx of information on medications, blood glucose testing, dietary...

A diabetes diagnosis may seem overwhelming at first, but learning to manage diabetes mellitus enables you to start taking control of your condition, reducing the risk of further diabetes complications and improving your quality of life. Many healthcare professionals can help...