The CDC says 13-percent of the U-S adult population has some form of diabetes. Understanding the disease and how to control it is important. With this month being Diabetes Awareness Month, we talked with Michelle White, a diabetes educator at Lawton Community Health...
March is Nutrition awareness month, and for diabetic people, nutrition can play a big part in quality of life. Childhood obesity has more than tripled the past 30 years in the united states. Because of this trend more children than ever before are at an...
Foodborne illnesses from Medwatch 7 KSWO on Vimeo. About nine percent of foodborne illness outbreaks occur in the home, but it’s almost impossible for most people to know where the bacteria may live. A new study finds cloth towels and sink faucets are commonly...
Food interactions from Medwatch 7 KSWO on Vimeo. Some foods, even the good-for-you ones, can interfere with how certain medications work. When your doctor prescribes you a medication, sometimes there’s a warning about what foods you should or shouldn’t eat...
Metabolic syndrome from Medwatch 7 KSWO on Vimeo. The possible complications from diabetes are many and severe: blindness, amputations, kidney damage and more. Diabetes is also implicated in a set of factors which can damage the heart. It’s called metabolic...
