November is Diabetes Awareness Month. An estimated 10 percent of Americans are living with diabetes — that’s about 38.4 million people. Diabetes is classified in two ways — Type 1 and Type 2. Both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes cause similar symptoms and need lifelong management after ...
Stress is a powerful thing. In small doses, it can motivate you to ace that presentation at work or land your dream job. However, if left unchecked for a long time, stress is anything but motivating. So what’s really going on when you’re stressed? And how can paying attention to your ...
One in 16 Americans will be diagnosed with lung cancer in their lifetime. As the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., lung cancer is a serious threat, but early detection and treatment can save lives. Most early-stage cases of lung cancer are either asymptomatic or show minimal ...
Have you checked out your medicine cabinet lately? You might expect to find bandages, and maybe some Tylenol or cold medicine. Or is it lacking a few essentials because someone used them up or tossed them out? Staying fully stocked is smart. If you have the right supplies in your medicine cabinet, you can treat everything from headaches to bee stings. Cleaning out your medicine cabinet Before you hit the store to stock up on first aid supplies, peek at what you have. Start by taking everything out of your medicine cabinet. Set aside any expired or unused prescriptions. Then make a ...
DANVILLE — Geisinger participates in Good Food, Healthy Hospitals (GFHH), a statewide initiative funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to promote health and wellness in health care settings. In September, all Geisinger hospitals were awarded at the gold and ...
I got your attention, didn’t I? When I am talking about hearing aids and SIN, I am not talking about the Biblical definition of disobedience to God, I am referring to an acronym S-I-N which stands for “Signal in Noise.” The signal is always the original sound we are trying to hear. A faithful, accurate reproduction of original signals has been the pursuit of research and development ever since Thomas Edision invented his cylinder recording device. We probably all remember how scratchy those historical recordings were. If we record a human voice reciting the alphabet, the ...
