Join the men of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity tomorrow for a special Surgeon General Initiative webinar. Set your calendars for this Thursday at 7 pm EDT for a discussion on what it takes to create a healthy lifestyle for your family. You can access the webinars via the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Facebook page live […]
Join the men of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity for the year’s final webinar of the Surgeon General Initiative. Set your calendars: this Thursday at 7 pm EDT, our General President Dr. Willis L. Lonzer, III and the Surgeon General team will discuss national priorities, challenges, and how our efforts will evolve in the upcoming year.
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Surgeon General Initiative Health Series BE FESTIVE, STAY SAFE: How To Manage Your Health Risks During The Holiday Season 11.18.21 Whether you’re traveling and concerned about COVID-19 or need to avoid unfortunately food poisoning, we’ll answer your questions. You can access the webinars via… Alpha Phi Alpha Facebook https://www.facebook.com/1906apanetwork/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZCo9ezB1jPAnnBHa4g6jiwlive
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Surgical Options Recall that damaged older vessels or fragile new vessels has a propensity to bleed into the eye. This blood interferes with your ability to see normally. This severe, advanced diabetic retinopathy is treated with laser surgery, which helps to shrink the abnormal blood vessels, thus reducing bleeding into the eye. The procedure involves
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This posts addresses prevention and treatment considerations for diabetic eye conditions. The first point – and one that can’t be overemphasized – is treatment is not a cure. As long as diabetes continues (and especially continues to be uncontrolled), symptoms will progress, and the diabetic-related causes of eye disorders will create ongoing difficulties, even after
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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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TONIGHT ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC. Presents…. 2021 Surgeon General Initiative Health Series: MANAGING DIABETES IN OUR FAMILIES NOVEMBER 11, 2021 | 6:00 P.M. CST Join us via FB or YouTube… Alpha Phi Alpha Facebook https://www.facebook.com/1906apanetwork/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZCo9ezB1jPAnnBHa4g6jiw
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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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