For Diabetics Not on Insulin, Self-Monitoring Blood Sugar Has No Benefit
* In patients with diabetes who don’t require insulin, self-monitoring of blood glucose had a modest effect on HbA1c levels at six-months, which subsided after 12 months.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Awards $5.6 Million to Alaska as Performance Bonus
ANCHORAGE — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $5,660,544 to Alaska as a “performance bonus†for streamlining and improving Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization (CHIPRA) processes.
Former Governor Bill Sheffield Resigns as Anchorage Port Director
ANCHORAGE, Alaska-At a fund raiser for Mayor Dan Sullivan held at Sheffield's Turnagain home on Wednesday, the former Alaska governor, 83 year-old Bill Sheffield announced that he was resigning from the position as Anchorage's Port director.
Study Urges Parents to Enforce Booster Seat Use When Carpooling
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Most parents report that they typically require their child to use a life-saving booster seat, but more than 30 percent said they do not enforce this rule when their child is riding with another driver.