Sometimes diabetes is a disease that happens to you because of unlucky genetics (or simply a family history). Other times it is a disease that you find. Risk factors for developing diabetes includes obesity, older age, and physical inactivity. Gestational diabetes (i.e. that occurring during pregnancy) is an entirely different conversation. The CDC-led National Diabetes […]
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People to People: Racial Disparities in Prostate Health Featuring Boris Kodjoe and Dr. Jeffrey Sterling
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Illinois State Black Chamber of Commerce on WAKE UP w/the ILBCC – This Week | November 13th – THE SIMPCO SOLUTION Hosted by: Larry Ivory & Malcolm Weems New Episodes Every Saturday LIVE @9am Special Guests Senator Mattie Hunter State Rep. William Davis Jeffrey Sterling, MD, MPH, FACEP SIMPCO Founder, President-CEO ILBCC.org
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November is also National Diabetes Month, a time when communities across the country team up to bring attention, to raise awareness, and to improve understanding of diabetes among people with diabetes as well as those who provide care to them. Did you know that more than 30 million adults and children – that’s one in
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Cigarette smoking is far and away the leading cause of COPD. Most of those with COPD are current or former smokers. Heredity, childhood respiratory infections, and long-term exposure to other lung irritants, such as air pollution, chemical fumes, or dust may contribute to or cause COPD.
November is COPD Awareness Month. (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) In COPD, less air flows in and out of the airways because of one or more of the following: The airways and air sacs lose their elasticity. Elasticity is the stretchiness your lungs need to fill up with and push out air. In COPD, these sacs
Health awareness months, weeks, and days are important human connections that rally us together to spread awareness and show support. November awareness inlcudes COPD Awareness. You already know a lot about COPD without realizing it or even having to think about it. You’ve seen patients walking around with the oxygen tanks or tubes in their
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