The Importance of The Heart-Kidney Connection: What you should know?
If you have or are at risks for heart or kidney disease, it’s important for you to understand the connection between the heart and the kidney. Many people do not realize the importance of this connection. Let’s take a look at how the kidneys and heart work together.
Preventing Vision Loss If you have Diabetes: What you should know?
More than 37 million people in the United States have diabetes, and 1 out of 3 of them will develop diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of severe vision loss and blindness among working-age American adults.
Stress and the Gut Microbiome
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What is Iron?
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Appointing a Health Care Agent: What You Should Know?
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3 BLOOD TESTS YOU SHOULD GET IF YOU HAVE DIABETES
Written by Guest Blogger: Jenny Hart
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Hand Gel: What You Need to Know?
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10 Antioxidant Foods for the Kidney Diet
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Infection Risks: How to minimize them?
Thousands of patients each day undergo kidney dialysis treatment across the United States. These patients are at an increased risk for infection because the hemodialysis process requires frequent use of catheters or needles to access the bloodstream. Patients who undergo hemodialysis have weakened immune systems, which increase their risk for infection. They require frequent hospitalizations and surgery where they might acquire an infection.
A1c: What does it mean?
People with diabetes or at risk for diabetes often hear from healthcare professionals or their primary care physician about controlling their A1c, but what exactly is an A1c?