diabetes
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The American Fitness Index has ranked Baltimore 25th of the 50 largest metropolitan areas in terms of overall fitness. - While diabetes is becoming more common, people are learning how to better manage the disease.
- Organized by the newly formed Amputee Recreational Support Group of Laurel in observation of April as Limb Loss Awareness Month, the Limb Loss 5K Community Walk/Roll is designed to inspire members of the local amputee community to come out and "show their mettle," to educate the Laurel community about limb loss/difference and to raise funds for the national Amputee Coalition
- Nearly half a century has passed since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously said, ""Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane."" Yet decades later, only modest progress has been made to reduce the pervasive racial and ethnic health disparities that exist in this country — and we don't have to look far to see the effects.
- Mikulski-backed federal program is providing crucial help for those with type 1 diabetes
- Lily Cavallaro, 13, leading charge on fundraising for diabetes research after younger sister, Bella, 11, was diagnosed with the disease in 2009. Bella's Battalion will walk in upcoming Maryland 2014 Walk to Cure Diabetes in Baltimore on April 5.
- Sugary drinks and the epidemic childhood obesity
- Sugar latest additive in the cross hairs of government, consumer groups
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- The 47-year-old mother of three is launching her first book and redefining a future of her own
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