The popular saying, “what you don’t know can’t hurt you” is relevant in many aspects of our lives, but when it comes to our health, the more we know, the better. Recently, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that while more than 20 percent of adults ages 45 and older are believed [...]

Diabetes has become a more common disease within recent years, and most of us are familiar with the two different types of diabetes –Type 1 and Type 2.  However, did you also know that there is a third type of diabetes that specifically affects pregnant women? Gestational diabetes only occurs during pregnancy. Because of the [...]

Diabetes. It’s a word that we’re getting pretty used to hearing, but is it a disease that we fully understand? As you ponder what you know about diabetes, you might find yourself in the dark about quite a few things. For starters, what even causes diabetes? Common answers that you might think of probably include [...]