by BeWell Penn State Health | Nov 16, 2022 | Topics
Gestational diabetes can be a scary diagnosis, but like other forms of diabetes, it’s one that you can manager. It doesn’t mean that you had diabetes before you conceived or that you will have diabetes after you give birth. It means that, by working with your doctor,...
by BeWell Penn State Health | Nov 9, 2022 | Topics
When it comes to prediabetes, there are no clear symptoms – so you may have it and not know it. Here’s why that’s important: before people develop type 2 diabetes, they almost always have prediabetes – blood sugar levels that are higher than normal but not yet high...
by BeWell Penn State Health | Nov 2, 2022 | Topics
Diabetes occurs when your body can no longer handle glucose the way it’s supposed to. Glucose is a simple sugar that is the basic fuel of the body. Foods that supply glucose include fruits, vegetables and other carbohydrates. The body’s digestive system converts these...
by BeWell Penn State Health | Oct 26, 2022 | Topics
In 1987, first lady Nancy Reagan had surgery for early-stage cancer in her left breast. The tumor was just seven millimeters in diameter, the smallest size malignancy doctors were able to detect through mammography at that time. Since then, mammography has...
by BeWell Penn State Health | Oct 19, 2022 | Topics
Metastatic breast cancer is cancer that began in the breasts, but has spread to other areas of the body. Hearing that you or a loved one has MBC is a difficult diagnosis to receive and a difficult topic to talk about. You are not alone; more than 150,000 people in the...
by BeWell Penn State Health | Oct 12, 2022 | Topics
Think PB&J is just a boring lunchbox staple? Here’s something exciting: It may actually help stave off breast cancer. One study found that eating peanut butter regularly as a girl appears to decrease the risk of developing benign breast disease, a known risk...
