Quit Smoking: Tips for the First Week

Quit Smoking: Tips for the First Week

You've done it. You've decided to finally quit smoking. Congratulations. Did you know just by quitting smoking, you reduce your risk for chronic diseases like heart disease, stroke and lung cancer in a big way?

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Latest Research Reveals New Approaches to Quit Smoking

Latest Research Reveals New Approaches to Quit Smoking

Anyone who has attempted to quit smoking, knows the reality of how difficult it is to resist cravings and falling back into old habits. But, new science is revealing deeper connections to how smokers can actually learn to quit. We explore.

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Preventing pre-diabetes from becoming diabetes

Preventing pre-diabetes from becoming diabetes

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 79 million American adults have pre-diabetes.  As you might guess, pre-diabetes can, and often does, develop into diabetes.  Unfortunately, chances are that the cardiovascular damage that occurs with type 2 diabetes is already occurring with pre-diabetes.  

The good news, however, is that a diagnosis of pre-diabetes does not sentence you to a diagnosis of diabetes; rather, with some lifestyle changes, diabetes can be prevented. 

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