Your Health

American Diabetes Association Diabetes Alert Day® is on March 24, 2020. This day focuses on ‘alerting’ everyone about the prevalence of type 2 diabetes, and the importance of understanding your risk. The sooner you know you are at risk, the sooner you can take steps to prevent or manage diabetes. One step that you can take for diabetes prevention is to rethink your drink!

This is the first article of a four-part series for Diabetes Alert Day.

 

Ashtin Collins, RN, MSN, FNP-C

Everything you do during the day has the ability to impact your quality of sleep, which is why it is important to maintain healthy sleep habits.  

Grant Glackman, patient and Dr. Rubin Bahuva, Deaconess Clinic Gastroenterologist

You’ve heard that colon cancer screening saves lives. In this article, a patient shares his story about how a routine colonoscopy may’ve saved his life at the age of 61. He and his doctor together explain what a colonoscopy is, and why it’s important.  

Dr. Jason Denton, Deaconess Clinic Podiatry​

Welcome runners!  This article is all about keeping YOUR feet healthy and feeling good. Not only am I a podiatrist, but I’m also an avid runner. I’m sharing some helpful tips—both personal and professional--about keeping your active feet healthy.