Tag: diabetes
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Health Matters 6/25: Weight-Loss Surgery Can Help Treat Diabetes
By Wai-Yip Chau, MD Did you know that, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nine out of 10 people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes are overweight or obese? In fact, obesity is one of the main risk factors for type 2 diabetes, which affects more than 34 million adults in…
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NJ Empower to Prevent is local version of CDC’s National Diabetes Prevention Program
The Department of Family and Community Health Sciences (FCHS) of Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) has launched NJ Empower to Prevent, its local version of the CDC’s National Diabetes Prevention Program. This project is funded by a grant from the New Jersey Diabetes Prevention and Control Program of the New Jersey Department of Health Department. Nutrition…
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Health Matters 5/15: Diabetes and COVID-19
By Sandra Byer-Lubin, R.D., C.D.E. Managing diabetes and controlling blood sugar when you’re sick can be more difficult than it is at other times. You may not be able to eat and drink like you regularly would, and illness itself can affect blood sugar levels. And now, for the millions of people in the United…
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Saint Peter’s University Hospital offers diabetes prevention program
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, diabetes-related health problems can make it even harder to overcome COVID-19, a disease that already poses recovery challenges for those with no prior health conditions. Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick continues to help people prevent or delay the onset of Type 2 diabetes through…
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Saint Peter’s Healthcare System offers Prevent T2 program for prediabetics
Saint Peter’s Healthcare System offers a free, year-long program that teaches improved nutrition, increased exercise, stress management and weight loss to prevent or delay the onset of Type 2 diabetes. The Prevent T2 program is open to anyone 18 years or older diagnosed with prediabetes or with a history of gestational diabetes. Taught by registered…
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YMCA to offer yearlong Diabetes Prevention Program
The YMCA of Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge and South Amboy is offering a Diabetes Prevention Program to people who are at risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes. The program helps individuals adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles by eating healthier, increasing physical activity and losing a modest amount of weight in order to reduce their chances of…
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Wellness is no ‘Myster E’ at Woodbridge academy
The Whole School Wellness Initiative at the Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health and Biomedical Sciences in Woodbridge will include monthly workshops beginning next month, and continue for the next two school years. The Piscataway Campus of the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools has received a grant similar to the pilot program funded by a $15,000 grant…
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Three ways podiatric care is essential for diabetics
Most people know that in order to combat Type 2 diabetes, you’ve got to make certain lifestyle changes. To control blood sugar, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure, individuals with diabetes must get to a healthy weight, improve eating habits, exercise regularly and quit smoking. Well, our podiatrists Dr. Samantha Boyd, Dr. Hal Ornstein, Dr.…
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Health and wellness programs planned at Old Bridge Library
The Old Bridge Public Library will hold the following health and wellness-related programming in October. Registration is not required for these sessions. Information on Medicare Parts A, B, C and D will be presented at 10:30 a.m., Oct. 9. Free health screenings will be offered by nurses and technicians from RWJBarnanbas Health from 1-4 p.m.,…