We are officially announcing the Black History Diabetes Screening at the Baldwin Hills Mall! If you have friends and family in the Los Angeles area encourage them to come and get tested!
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Who Cares about Paula Deen?? I don’t.
Posted by chrystal on January 21st, 2012
For the past several days, I examined my feelings about Paula Deen’s announcement of her diabetic condition. I have come to the conclusion that I really don’t care if she is diabetic or not.
Treatment for Depression, Diabetes Increases Success
Posted by chrystal on January 15th, 2012
Individuals treated for bothdepression and Type 2 diabetes have better medication compliance and experience significant improvements in depression and blood sugar levels compared to those receiving typical treatments, according to a new study out of the University of Pennsylvania.
Asking the Right Questions When You Visit Your Doctor
Posted by chrystal on January 9th, 2012
I am glad Dr. Watkins is doing something on health. He normally spends his time on political issues and other topics. I would like to see more articles from him about health.
Mountain Dew Can Dissolve Mouse Carcasses
Posted by chrystal on January 4th, 2012
Pepsi Co., facing a lawsuit from a man who claims to have found a mouse in his Mountain Dew can, has an especially creative, if disgusting, defense: their soda would have dissolved a dead mousebefore the man could have found it
Heredity plays role in how easily we get heavy & thinner
Posted by chrystal on January 4th, 2012
Heredity plays role in how easily we gain — and lose — weight January 01, 2012|By Marni Jameson, Orlando Sentinel For the many Americans genetically programmed to add pounds, the effort to lose weight can seem doomed from the get-go. Mix in other factors no one can change — age, race, birth order — [...]
EVOLUTIONS not resolutions!
Posted by chrystal on January 4th, 2012
First Blog of the new year! Believe me I got tipsy and lost my voice and some how made it home! Back to reality….. This should be the year of EVOLUTION and not resolutions. Resolutions sound so final where as EVOLUTION gives people the sense of continuation.
Workers Want Employers to Help Them Stay Healthy
Posted by chrystal on December 27th, 2011
Workers Want Employers to Help Them Stay Healthy People want their employers to help them get healthy, two new reports from Canada and the U.S. suggest.
New device tests tears instead of blood!
Posted by chrystal on December 27th, 2011
For diabetics, there is no comfortable way to accurately measure blood sugar that does not involve blood. Testing takes a little pinprick, but some people who should test many times a day don’t because of the pain.
Shawty Lo Hospitalized for Issue Related to Diabetes
Posted by chrystal on December 23rd, 2011
Shawty Lo is on the mend at an Atlanta-area medical facility after being hospitalized yesterday following an apparent diabetic episode.
