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Diabetes – Monitoring Your Blood Sugar Level
If you are having any symptoms or have any questions, please call 811 to speak with a registered nurse 24 hours a day. If you have diabetes, it’s important to monitor your blood sugar at different times of the day and throughout the year. There are 3 tools that can help you do this and,…
Diabetes – Insulin Therapy
If you are having any symptoms or have any questions, please call 811 to speak with a registered nurse 24 hours a day. When you digest food, your body changes most of the food you eat into glucose (a form of sugar). Insulin allows this glucose to enter all the cells of your body and…
Diabetes
If you are having any symptoms or have any questions, please call 811 to speak with a registered nurse 24 hours a day. OVERVIEW What is diabetes? Diabetes is a disease that occurs when a person’s body doesn’t make or use the hormone insulin properly. It causes too much blood glucose (sugar) to build up…
Depression After a Heart Attack
If you are having any symptoms or have any questions, please call 811 to speak with a registered nurse 24 hours a day. Get emergency care if you or a loved one has serious thoughts of suicide or harming others. What does depression have to do with my heart attack? Depression is common after a…
Depression – How to Safely Take Antidepressants
If you are having any symptoms or have any questions, please call 811 to speak with a registered nurse 24 hours a day. Get emergency care if you or a loved one has serious thoughts of suicide or harming others. If you have depression, your doctor may prescribe medicine to treat it. This medicine is…
Depression – How Electroconvulsive Therapy Works
If you are having any symptoms or have any questions, please call 811 to speak with a registered nurse 24 hours a day. Get emergency care if you or a loved one has serious thoughts of suicide or harming others. How does ECT work? Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a method of stimulating the brain with…
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
If you are having any symptoms or have any questions, please call 811 to speak with a registered nurse 24 hours a day. OVERVIEW What is ADHD? Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the name of a group of behaviors found in many children and adults. People who have ADHD have trouble paying attention in school,…
Asthma And Your Child
If you are having any symptoms or have any questions, please call 811 to speak with a registered nurse 24 hours a day. How do I know if my child has asthma? Your child may have asthma if he or she wheezes, has a frequent intermittent cough and has trouble breathing. These symptoms may worsen…
Asthma – Questions to Ask When it Doesn’t Get Better
If you are having any symptoms or have any questions, please call 811 to speak with a registered nurse 24 hours a day. Asthma is a medical condition. It can be difficult to manage. Your efforts to treat don’t always work. This is especially true when a “trigger” causes your asthma to flare up. This…
Asthma – Medicines That Can Make It Worse
If you are having any symptoms or have any questions, please call 811 to speak with a registered nurse 24 hours a day. Certain medicines might make your asthma worse. Not all people who have asthma experience problems when taking these medicines. However, if you have asthma, it’s important to know about medicines that might…