Your Health

Majed Koleilat, MD, & Shannon Vickers, NP, Deaconess Clinic Allergy
 
If your allergy symptoms aren’t always managed through medications and avoidance, a next step may be allergy immunotherapy (allergy injections).  Allergy injections, commonly called allergy shots, are a way to make you less allergic to certain allergens.

A central part of staying healthy is also one of the best therapies for diabetes. What is it, you may ask? Physical Activity! The benefits of exercise are many — from weight loss to improving stress and anxiousness, to lowering blood glucose.

Diabetes is a serious condition that is becoming more common every day. This disease affects more than 37.3 million people in the U.S., which is about 11.3% of the population.

Among its many benefits, sleep is restorative, playing a role in muscle repair, protein synthesis, tissue growth and hormone release. It reduces stress — sharpening the mind and improving judgment — and also improves memory.

Medicare now covers several tests, items, and services related to COVID-19. Find out more.