Happy #GivingTuesday!
Get in the spirit of giving on #GivingTuesday by donating to Whitney Young Health and supporting our effort to provide vital healthcare services to those who can’t afford it. The people we provide healthcare for are your family, your friends, your neighbors, people in your community. We can’t do the work we do…
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November is National Diabetes Awareness Month. Did you know 9 out of 10 people who has prediabetes don’t even know they have it?
This week we have Molly Ward, RD, CDN, CDE, Whitney Young Health’s Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator is giving you the facts on prediabetes and what you can do to prevent it.
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November is National Diabetes Awareness Month. Did you know there are two types of diabetes, Type 1 and Type 2. Both types of Diabetes are chronic diseases that affect the way your body regulates blood sugar, or glucose. Glucose is the fuel that feeds your body’s cells, but to enter your cells it needs a key….
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So what is #GivingTuesday?
You’ve may have heard about it before in passing or on social media, but #GivingTuesday is a chance to make a positive difference during the upcoming holiday months. #GivingTuesday is the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, right in the midst of the major shopping days like Black Friday and Cyber Monday….
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November is Diabetes Awareness Month. Did you know that according to a 2017 study, 84.1 million adults (33.9% of the adult U.S. population) have pre-diabetes, including 23.1 million adults aged 65 years or older (the age group with highest rate). It’s important to know what foods can help prevent diabetes or if you already have, what…
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ad·vo·ca·cy: public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy.
Advocacy has always played a big part in the Whitney Young Health way of life. When it comes to health care decisions on a state and federal level, it not only affects our 19,000 patients and 185 staff members, but millions of people…
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