Voting and Your Health
Voting and your health are two things that you might not think are synonymous, but it’s an important relationship because it directly impacts your health and the health of your community.
Voting and your health are two things that you might not think are synonymous, but it’s an important relationship because it directly impacts your health and the health of your community.
Managing diabetes or prediabetes and reducing the risk of complications like heart disease can help you live a longer, healthier life. Part of managing your diabetes is incorporating a healthy diet, and fiber has been shown to help. Since diabetes can affect just about every part of your body, managing your blood glucose levels, blood pressure, and cholesterol is important.
Let’s face it, most of us at some point in our lives have tried to make healthy resolutions a part of our new year’s promise to keep up with our health. Have you been able to stick to a new year’s resolution?
Sugary beverages and artificially sweetened drinks are known to cause harm to our bodies, but a recent study, led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has found that they are linked to a higher risk of premature death, especially for women in the U.S.
A six-week “Living Healthy with Diabetes” workshop conducted by the Piedmont Triad Regional Council Area Agency on Aging was held at Caswell Family Medical Center in Yanceyville, NC recently. Adrienne Calhoun, Assistant Director of Caswell’s Area Agency on Aging headed up the workshop.