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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National Diabetes Month: Gestational Diabetes and Nutrition
Make a Change on #GivingTuesday
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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How to Improve Your BG Control Through Diet
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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Will New York’s school health centers survive Medicaid change?
Funding cliff threatens millions of patients
Whitney Young Achieves NACHC Advocacy Certification
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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Congress’ inaction endangers health
Albany Dental Clinic Now Open
Our Albany Dental Clinic is officially open! With 12 operatories, a state of the art x-ray machine and a dental lab, we can now serve more patients and bring more smiles to the community. The dental clinic is now located at 900 Lark Drive (across the street from the Albany Health Center).
This momentous…
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Whitney Young Wins CDPHP Award
Congratulations to WYH’s Nurse Midwife, Carrie Gordon-Stacey, CNM, and the rest of the WYH team for being awarded the Certificate of Appreciation from CDPHP’s Mom2Be program!
According the CDPHP website, the Mom2Be program provides the support you need during your pregnancy and after your baby is born. By joining, you’ll receive:
FREE pregnancy…
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