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NY-Based Teladoc Expands Early Disease Detection For 90M+ Patients With $65M Deal NY-Based Teladoc Expands Early Disease Detection For 90M+ Patients With $65M Deal
Ny-based Teladoc Expands Early Disease Detection For 90M+ Patients With $65M Deal Teladoc Health is expanding its at-home healthcare offerings by purchasing a leading company in virtual preventive care. Teladoc announced on Wednesday, Feb. 5 that it will buy Catapult Health for $65 million. Headquartered in Purchase, New York, Teladoc helps more than 93 million people get virtual medical care and connects patients with doctors, nurses, and therapists. Catapult Health's platform called VirtualCheckup will be integrated into Teladoc's existing system, allowing patients to collect blood samples, check blood pressure, and complete other health screenings …

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by Chris Spiker
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Keeping Your Sugar Levels In Check Keeping Your Sugar Levels In Check
Keeping Your Sugar Levels In Check With the holiday season underway, it’s safe to say that many of us indulge in a little more sugar than usual at this time of year. Being responsible with sugar intake is important, as many of us may be prediabetic or at risk of prediabetes without knowing. Let’s talk a little bit about what prediabetes is, its causes and risk factors, and how to prevent and treat it. Asma Khan, MD, Sun River Health Urgent Care, Nyack Sun River Health What is Prediabetes? Prediabetes is a pre-diagnosis or “warning sign” of diabetes. It happens when your blood glucose (sugar) level is higher than …

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Keeping Your Sugar Levels In Check Keeping Your Sugar Levels In Check
Keeping Your Sugar Levels In Check With the holiday season just around the corner, it’s safe to say that many of us indulge in a little more sugar than usual at this time of year. Being responsible with sugar intake is important, as many of us may be prediabetic or at risk of prediabetes without knowing. Let’s talk a little bit about what prediabetes is, its causes and risk factors, and how to prevent and treat it. What is Prediabetes? Prediabetes is a pre-diagnosis or “warning sign” of diabetes. It happens when your blood glucose (sugar) level is higher than normal, but not high enough to be considered diabetes. Being diagn…

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Take Time To Consider Your Kidneys Take Time To Consider Your Kidneys
Take Time To Consider Your Kidneys Spring is the perfect time to take charge of your health and a good place to start is by learning more about your kidneys. Get to know what they do, risk factors for and consequences of kidney disease, and the tests and screenings that are key for early detection of kidney disorders. Your kidneys are two bean-shaped organs, about the size of a fist, located on either side of your spine right below the rib cage. The job of the kidneys is to eliminate extra water and waste from your body, and the kidneys achieve this by producing urine. Kidneys also make hormones that help control the producti…

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54-Year-Old Man Dies From Eating Too Much Licorice 54-Year-Old Man Dies From Eating Too Much Licorice
54-Year-Old Man Dies From Eating Too Much Licorice A 54-year-old man has died due to overconsumption of a candy - black licorice. The man, a Massachusetts resident, ate a bag and a half of the candies every day for two weeks prior to his death, the New York Post is reporting. Licorice contains the sweetener glycyyhizic acid, which can deplete a person’s potassium levels and contribute to heart problems, high blood pressure, edema, and lethargy, doctors said in a New England Journal of Medicine article that came out Wednesday, Sept. 23. When the man died - he collapsed inside a fast food restaurant - doctors said he had extremely low …

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by Kristin Palpini
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Heart Disease And COVID-19: Higher Risk Requires Extra Precaution Heart Disease And COVID-19: Higher Risk Requires Extra Precaution
Heart Disease And Covid-19: Higher Risk Requires Extra Precaution If you have a pre-existing heart disease and become ill with COVID-19, you are at a higher risk for a heart attack or developing congestive heart failure. This is likely due to a combination of the severity of the viral illness and its increased demands on the heart (fever causes rapid heart rate, for example), compounded by low oxygen levels and an increased likelihood for blood clot formation. In addition to the increase in these heart problems, a more unusual condition called myocarditis where the virus infects the heart muscle directly, has also been observed in COVID-19 patients. If you…

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