by Sean Neely | Nov 14, 2013 | Clinical Tests, Wellness
Did you know that the total cost of all diagnosed diabetes the United States is $245 billion a year? If you don’t have diabetes, you probably know at least one person who does. And if you are the typical American who is overweight and has high cholesterol and...
by Sean Neely | Jul 12, 2013 | Clinical Tests, Wellness
Are you ready to hear this again? Americans are fat and getting fatter. In overall health and life expectancy the US lags behind Europe and other developed countries. One study describes the State of US Health as improving but not nearly as quickly as in other...
by Sean Neely | Jan 7, 2013 | Clinical Tests, Wellness
Many Americans know that obesity is a problem in the United States both for adults and for children. In addition, this is the time of year when we all start to think about how things went (or grew) last year and what we want to do better during 2013. Have you...
by Sean Neely | Nov 8, 2012 | Clinical Tests, Wellness
Have you been diagnosed with diabetes? If you are like many diabetics, you are discovering (or have already found) that maintaining a steady blood sugar level is easier said than done. November is American Diabetes Month and worth our attention because this disease...
by Sean Neely | Aug 10, 2012 | Clinical Tests, Wellness
An interesting study has been released in the Journal of the American Medical Association showing that obese people who contract diabetes live longer than normal weight people who develop the disease! What’s up with this? So now, if I have diabetes, I...