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.
Free Flu Vaccine Still Available
ANCHORAGE — The State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, Section of Epidemiology is encouraging providers and organizations that want to offer flu vaccinations to adult clients, employees, staff, volunteers, patients, customers, members, or others to take advantage of the available free flu vaccine offer prior to National Influenza Vaccination Week.
Powerful people overestimate their own height
ITHACA, N.Y. — Maybe the powerful really do feel bigger than the rest of us: A recent study led by a Cornell University researcher finds that the psychological experience of power makes people feel taller than they are.