Tag: diabetes
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Protect Your Vision: Understanding and Managing Diabetic Retinopathy
What is Diabetic Retinopathy? Diabetic retinopathy is a serious eye condition that can lead to vision loss and blindness in people with diabetes. It damages blood vessels in the retina, the light-sensitive layer of tissue at the back of the eye. As high blood sugar levels cause these blood vessels to swell, leak, or become…
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Protect Your Health: Simple Steps to Manage & Prevent Diabetes
Protect Your Health: Simple Steps to Manage & Prevent Diabetes Diabetes is a chronic condition affecting around 38 million Americans, with 90-95% of them having Type II diabetes. When blood sugar, or glucose, is too high, it can lead to serious health complications affecting the eyes, kidneys, nerves, and heart, and can even increase the…
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YIKES! I’m Too Young to Have High Blood Pressure and Diabetes
By: DANIEL LAMPHIER, M.D. When you hear “high blood pressure” and “diabetes,” do you think of health problems your parents or grandparents may have? Unfortunately, a growing number of young adults are dealing with these dangerous conditions. In fact, Millennials (born 1981-1996) are now being diagnosed with high blood pressure and diabetes at greater rates…
