“Movember” If you’re seeing more whiskers on the faces around you this month, you’re not imagining things. “Movember” is the movement to bring awareness and funds for men’s health, most famously with the annual moustache charity event in support of the most pressing concerns for men’s health from suicide prevention to cancer. Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in men after skin cancer. Many types of the cancer are slow growing, and when detected early, it’s highly treatable with a high survival rate. The problem is that symptoms don’t often appear in the disease’s early stages. And
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Monthly Archives November 2020
November is National Diabetes Month
Diabetes affects over 30 million people—and that number is growing every day, edging closer and closer to 10% of the U.S. population. Even more startling, nearly 1 in 4 adults have diabetes and don’t know it. Even more adults are prediabetic and unaware. Could you be one of them? What is Diabetes? Diabetes occurs when your blood glucose (sugar) is too high. That’s an indication that the body isn’t producing or using insulin properly. Insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas, is what turns glucose into energy to power the body’s functions. You’ve probably heard that there are different types
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