2020 has no shortages of obstacles, and just when clear one, another pops up in the view. No one thought the virus would extend into summer, much less into the school year. Yet here, parents and caregivers are facing another heart-wrenching choice. Do you send the kids to school or keep them home with remote …
Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, or better known as blood sugar, is too high. Your main source of energy is your blood glucose and it comes from the food that you eat. Sometimes your body doesn’t make enough insulin or doesn’t use insulin well. Insulin is made by the pancreas, …
2020 has been one for the record books, that’s for sure. The COVID-19 pandemic closed schools and businesses, mandated people work from home, and instilled a fear that has us waiting for the “murder hornets” to appear any day now. Add children to the mix, and shake in some distance learning, and this year can …
Newly discovered ways to detect and manage various medical conditions aren’t automatically made available to the public. Clinical trials help determine if these new options are safe and effective in the human body. In this blog, we’re reviewing some of the advantages of participating in a clinical trial. Although everyone measures satisfaction a bit differently, …
For sugar to be allowed into cells to produce energy, the hormone insulin is needed. In type 1 diabetes, the pancreas produces little or no insulin. Type 1 diabetes typically appears in childhood or adolescence but can develop in adults too. Being a parent of a type 1 diabetic can be tough. The new routine …
