diabetes

Apple could be expanding from phones, pads and watches to health insurance. Analyst CCS Insight believes that Apple will take first steps into the U.S. health insurance market in partnership with a major insurer, by 2024. Apple already collects data such as blood pressure, blood oxygen levels, ECG readings and body temperature from the Watch. […]

A large new study found that people who recovered from Covid-19 within the past year are 40% more likely to receive a new diagnosis of diabetes. Published online at the journal Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology. Most of the people with diabetes in the study, were diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, not Type 1. Some researchers […]

According to a new study drinking wine at meals, may lower your type 2 diabetes risk. The study of over 300,000 adults for an average of 11 years didn’t find benefits of beer or liquor. Drinking with meals, as opposed to without food, was associated with a 14% lower risk of type 2 diabetes. That […]

One of hip-hop’s media pioneers Doctor Dre who co-hosted with Ed Lover on one of hip-hop’s most popular shows on MTV,  ‘Yo MTV Raps’ from the late 80’s to the mid 90’s recently had a GoFundMe page launched to help him with his complications after having a leg amputation from Diabetes. According to reports Dr […]

Hip hop legend and pioneer Biz Markie has been in the hospital for weeks due to diabetes compilations according to reports Biz is in serious condition. Representative for Biz Markie say he’s been suffering from type 2 diabetes since 2010. For those of you who may be a little too young to know about Biz […]

As previously reported, the pandemic has adversely impacted members of the Black community at a disproportionately higher level than any other community. Yet, there hasn’t been enough data to fully study the impact until recently. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention previously released early data from states, but approximately 78 percent of it failed […]

Sad news yesterday singer & rapper Prince (Attrell Cordes) of the group P.M. Dawn passed away Friday at age 46. He died from complications due to diabetes and renal kidney disease. Attrell and his brother Jarrett Cordes formed the group P.M. Dawn in 1988 making hit’s like “Set Adrift On Memory Abliss” and “I’d Die”. […]

This morning on the Wake Up Club with Nurse Bowick we discussed Type 2 Diabetes and Tariq, Sight, Reign, and Talent took the risk text. See what they scored below!