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Today, more than 93 million adult Americans are living with obesity. Many do not know obesity is a disease and that their healthcare provider can help them with weight-loss and maintenance. Others do not have insurance coverage to help them pay for these healthcare options. Valley Diabetes & Obesity  is...

Gestational Diabetes (GDM) affects pregnant women by causing high blood sugar, which can also affect the baby’s health. Luckily, there are ways that women can control their gestational diabetes by exercising, eating healthier, and sometimes taking medication. Typically, shortly after delivery of the baby, blood sugar levels will return to...

The 2017 flu season has been compared to the 2009 swine flu pandemic by many health organizations. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded over 30,000 hospitalizations between the months of October and April in 2017. With the hospitalizations came nearly 180 deaths of children and adults. Because last...

Diabetes is a bigger threat than you might imagine. At least one in seven adult Californians has diabetes—and those numbers are going up by the day. Almost 11.4 million people—which is 41 percent of adults—in California have prediabetes.According to a study published online in the Journal of American Medical Association...