Tag: Diabetes
UPHP Update: Learn More About Diabetes
Marquette, MI - February 6, 2024 - Our latest monthly update from Upper Peninsula Health Plan takes a closer look at diabetes.
Jonas Hamren, UPHP...
Summer Camp For U.P. Kids With Diabetes Coming Up In July
Marquette, MI - June 23, 2021 - A camp for kids with diabetes is going to be held later this summer at Clear Lake...
Health Tip – Apr. 3 – Protect Your Heart with a...
Older adults can have a reduced risk of developing heart disease if they include more Vitamin D in their diets. Vitamin D and fortified...
Today Is National Diabetes Alert Day
MARQUETTE, MI - (Great Lakes Radio News) - Today is Diabetes Alert Day and Paula Ackerman from the UP Diabetes Outreach Network called in...
Program in Michigan Department of Community Health to Recieve Grant
MARQUETTE, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – The Michigan Diabetes Prevention and Control Program within the Michigan Department of Community Health has been...
Health Tip – Feb. 20 – 6,000 Steps to Good Health
Do you know how many steps you take each day? A typical adult female takes about 5,117, which is just about a two to...
Health Tip – Dec. 24 – Exercise Intensity Cuts Heart Disease...
You can walk for an hour a day, but that won’t necessarily affect your risk of heart disease or stroke. But walking fast or...
Flu Numbers Up in One Week
MARQUETTE, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – The number of reported cases of the flu in Michigan jumped this week, according to state...
Health Tip – Nov. 30 – Blood Sugar and Brain Damage
Blood sugar in the “high normal” range - short of levels associated with diabetes or even pre-diabetes - can lead to brain shrinkage, according...
Health Tip – Oct. 22 – Are You a Sugar Addict?
An extraordinary collection of statistics assembled from many studies suggests just how dysfunctional Americans’ relationship with sugar has become. Incredibly, Americans consume 130 pounds...
