by Jodi Knapp | Jun 27, 2017 |
The American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced in 2014 that 26% of adults use statins. According to a new study from the University of Queensland published in the journal Drugs and Aging, almost half of those statin users will develop type 2...
by Jodi Knapp | Jun 21, 2017 |
Diabetes is usually put into two categories: In type 1 diabetes, your body attacks and destroys your pancreatic cells that produce insulin. If you have no insulin, your blood sugar level spikes. This condition most often starts in early youth. In type 2 diabetes, your...
by Jodi Knapp | May 25, 2017 |
By now we all know that type 2 diabetes damages our blood vessels. That is why so many diabetics are at risk of limb amputations, blindness, heart attack, and stroke. These problems arise when blood circulation to limbs, retina, heart, and brain is cut off....
by Jodi Knapp | May 15, 2017 |
While this sounds like a peculiar question, we all understand that we feel different on hot than on cold days. This is because environmental temperature affects how our bodies operate. In the past, researchers have established that the weather accounts for most...
by Jodi Knapp | Apr 4, 2017
According to the American Cancer Society, only 14% of those diagnosed with this deadly cancer survive beyond five years at even stage 1, while only 1% of stage 4 sufferers survive that long. Early diagnosis is uncommon, however, because with this kind of cancer, the...