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Diabetes and obesity remain prevailing concerns across Solano County, with far-reaching health consequences.

There are certain things people can do right away that can provide health benefits now and for years to come.

The ballroom at Farragut Inn was filled with a dozen Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) projects on display as large format printouts mounted on foam-core boards. Each poster was the work of an MSN student, a research venture dedicated to improving health care practices through a wide range of ideas.

Most medical school educations include the biochemistry of nutrients and what their deficiencies might look like, but rarely how that translates into the foods people eat, according to a recent TIME article. If a patient with a chronic condition needed to address issues with their diets and eating habits, few physicians have the training to provide specific guidelines or recommendations for what to eat.

It’s a new year, which means it’s time to get serious about your health if you, like many others, gave yourself a free pass on healthy eating and exercise over the holidays.

If you participated in a competitive race in the last year, you may have spotted a tent called the Sports Medicine Recovery Booth. The tent is lined with a row of treatment tables staffed by Touro University California (TUC) student doctors and members of the Sports Medicine Club.

Holiday meals may have added a few pounds to your frame, but that doesn’t mean those pounds need to remain as a potential health burden.

It’s hard to miss the bright orange tablecloth of the Harm Reduction program when walking into the Student Run Free Clinic (SRFC). 

Before 2022, the only people interested in diabetes medications were patients with the condition, endocrinologists, or diabetologists. When news that Ozempic, a relatively new drug in the U.S., was helpful for weight loss, all that changed.

Regular physical activity is one of the most important things you can do for your health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. But it can be tough during the winter months to remain active.