Diabetes

Patients with diabetes are at higher risk of heart disease, which is also called cardiovascular or coronary artery disease and can lead to heart attacks and strokes. Cardiovascular disease affects your blood circulation. When circulation is disrupted, other diabetes complications, like problems with eyes and feet, can get worse. Elevated blood sugar levels can damage […]

You might have often heard that someone has high or low blood pressure. Maybe you even have experienced that yourself. But what exactly does it mean, and how bad is it for your health? Let’s first understand what blood pressure is. Your heart constantly pumps blood through arteries, which carry blood from the heart to […]

Glucose is necessary for all organs and tissues of the human body, being the main source of energy. Our organism gets glucose mainly from food; after its digestion glucose enters the bloodstream. However, most of the body’s cells are not able to independently obtain glucose from the blood, for this they need a special “key” […]

What is diabetes? Diabetes is one of the major public health concerns worldwide and in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates for 2018, 34.1 million people in the U.S. have diabetes, and 88 million people have prediabetes. Among them, 14.3 million people with diabetes and 24.2 million with […]

Obesity and associated health conditions, such as cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, and certain cancers, have become major concerns worldwide. While there may be various reasons for gaining excess weight, a key factor is an imbalance between energy intake and expenditure. Proper eating habits that are efficient when coupled with sufficient physical activity sometimes might […]