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Foot care is critical if you have diabetes. If you neglect to take care of your feet, it can lead to developing foot ulcers and infections. Taking care of your feet is just as important as taking care of your diet to lower your risk of complications. Let's review some myths and truths about healthy foot care.

It’s the holiday season and with that comes more traveling. Traveling can be stressful in itself, and having to remember medications and figuring out the best way to carry them with you can overwhelm and even discourage some from traveling. Below is a quick list provided by Diabetes Self Management of useful tools to take with you to give you peace-of-mind and make traveling a bit easier.

According to the CDC, about 50% of the time, medication is not taken as directed because they may not know the best time to take it. Most medicines simply say “take with food” or “take on an empty stomach.” Certain medications can be affected by when you eat, so how do you know when the best time to take your medicine is? Diabetes Self Management provides a little bit of guidance to help figure it out.

What you eat is essential to keeping your body healthy, and knowing what you should and shouldn't eat is key to managing your diabetes. We know eating too much sugar can raise your risk of developing diabetes, but what foods are good to eat to keep your levels stable if you already have diabetes?

In celebration of November as the National Diabetes Month, we hope to shed some light on differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, know the truths versus myths about the disease, as well as share better practices to apply if you or your loved one have the disease.

An Acorn Stairlift will always spot an obstruction left on the stairs and react to safeguard you. Among many features included as standard, every Acorn Stairlift has a number of safety sensors. If these sensors come into contact with any obstruction on the stairs or the stairlift rail, they will automatically cut off power to the stairlift, bringing it to a gentle stop.

Today is World Arthritis Day! World Arthritis Day was developed in 1996 and is designed to help raise awareness for all types of arthritis. Today the Arthritis Foundation has launched their Live Yes! Campaign, which can connect you to others who understand what it is like living with arthritis.

Fall is officially here and it’s that time of year where there’s a brisk breeze in the air, the leaves start to change colors and families start coming together to celebrate the upcoming holidays. Below are a few suggestions of safe fall activities the entire family to enjoy.

Many older people take an aspirin daily as a general preventative measure to help guard against a number of age-related medical conditions. However, a new study suggests that people in good health and with no history of heart problems or stroke should not take a daily aspirin, as it has no benefit and could actually increase the risk of potentially fatal internal bleeding in the brain and the gastrointestinal tract.

Stress can raise your blood pressure, increase tensions in your muscles and overwhelm you with high feelings of anxiety. High stress not only affects you physically, but stress can also affect your brain health. Studies show that spending time outside can help improve your brain health. Spending time outside can increase the feeling of contentment, reduce the feelings of anxiety, and impacts your immune and nervous system.