QUOTE FOR THE WEEKEND:

“Diabetes increases your risk for many serious health problems. The good news? With the correct treatment and recommended lifestyle changes, many people with diabetes are able to prevent or delay the onset of complications.”

American Diabetes Association

QUOTE FOR FRIDAY:

“Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a complex chronic disease involving disorders in carbohydrate, protein, and fat metabolism and the development of macro-vascular, micro-vascular, neurological complications that don’t occur over a few nights or weeks or months.”

ClevelandClinic.org

 

QUOTE FOR THURSDAY:

“Diabetes is becoming more common in the United States. From 1980 through 2011, the number of Americans with diagnosed diabetes has more than tripled as of 2011 (from 5.6 million to 20.9 million).”

American Diabetes Association

QUOTE FOR TUESDAY:

“Candy corn was invented in the 1817 and designed to mimic the appearance of a kernel of corn, but was made from wax, sugar, and corn syrup. The only problem? It really does just taste like wax, sugar, and corn syrup. Candy companies now sell their extra yearly inventory to Third World Countries, who use it to pave roads.”

USA Today

 

QUOTE FOR MONDAY:

“While scientists do not know what exactly causes psoriasis, we do know that the immune system and genetics play major roles in its development.   Usually something triggers psoriasis to flare.  The skin cells in people with psoriasis grow at an abnormal fast rate, which causes the buildup of psoriasis lesions.”

National Psoriasis Foundation

QUOTE FOR THE WEEKEND:

“Spina bifida is a condition that affects the spine and is usually apparent at birth. It is a type of neural tube defect (NTD).”

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

QUOTE FOR FRIDAY:

“The immediate cause of sudden cardiac arrest is usually an abnormality in your heart rhythm (arrhythmia), the result of a problem with your heart’s electrical system.”

MAYO CLINIC

QUOTE FOR THURSDAY:

“Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA)is the leading cause of death in the United States, taking the lives of more than 350,000 people each year. Anyone can experience Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA), including infants, children, teens, young adults and people in their 30s and 40s who have no sign of heart disease, as well as more mature adults.  SCA is not a heart attack.”

stopcardiacarrest.org