Health Writing
We are a nation founded on the idea of equality, freedom, self-determination, and individualism. That ideology informs the way we talk about (and care for) diabetes. “Make the right food and lifestyle choices. Take your medication. Be the hero of your own health.” The message is seductive in its simplicity. But it’s also a half-truth. And the deception lies in one reality: Black, Indigenous, and Latinx people are more likely to get the disease, suffer from its many complications, and ultimately die from it, compared to whites. If race is one of the biggest risk factors for diabetes, why is there such deep inequality in medicine? And what can be done to right that gross disparity? In search of answers, Endocrine Web reports from the cities and towns in the crosshairs of the Type 2 epidemic. Read more...
It's Not Unhealthy Behavior. It's Systemic Racism.
It was the face-palm heard around the country. During a Senate hearing over whether to declare racism a health crisis, Ohio state senator Stephen Huffman speculated about the cause of disproportionately higher COVID-19 infection and death rates among Black communities. “Could it just be that African-Americans, or the colored population, do not wash their hands as well as other groups or wear a mask or do not socially distance themselves? Could that be the explanation of why the higher incidence?”
Why You Should ‘Exercise Snack’ Throughout the Day
If you’re like most Americans, you’ve been avoiding the gym. And it’s probably not necessarily because you hate exercising. Getting a workout can involve traveling to a fitness location, changing clothes, using equipment, navigating other exercisers, and then, of course, 30 to 60 minutes of physical endurance.
How Prehab Exercises Prevent Embarrassing Gym Injuries from Happening to You
Prehab is one of the more popular buzzwords in fitness circles of late, especially those dominated by your gym’s token Paleo-eating, minimalist-shoe enthusiasts. It is, in effect, performing rehab exercises without the attendant injuries, because prehab is designed to prevent the problems that would land you in rehab from ever arising in the first place. (Hence, prehab. Get it? You get it.)