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Teen drug use decreased in 2021, according to a new national survey

Substance use among teens decreased in 2021, according to data from a new national survey. The Monitoring the Future Survey is conducted annually by researchers...

People go to libraries for more than books. That’s why some are hiring social workers.

Yanna McGraw has a unique role at the Indianapolis Public Library. She’s the library’s first full-time social worker – one of about a dozen...

Getting a Flu Vaccine is More Important Now than Ever Before

Broderick Rhyant, M.D.,chief physician executive Eskenazi Health Center Forest Manor Flu season is upon us and medical experts are more adamant than ever that we...

Diabetes panel discusses risk factors, management

In partnership with WFYI Side Effects News, Indianapolis Recorder editor Oseye Boyd will moderate the discussion, ā€œDiabetes: A Crisis in Plain Sight,ā€ with local...

ā€˜I had to change my life’: Diabetes on the rise in younger Americans

Dy’Ann Jones is a third-generation diabetic. Her grandmother was diagnosed in her mid-60s, her mother in her late 50s. Jones, however, was diagnosed with...

Here’s where to get help if you can’t afford your insulin

It’s no surprise many skimp on their insulin dose or skip it altogether considering Americans pay much more for the medicine than people in...

Millions of people need insulin. Why is it so expensive?

It was 2004 when Ida Allen was diagnosed with diabetes. The disease runs in her family, from her mother to her husband to all...

Sharing insulin probably more common than you realize

In the parking lot at Genesis Plaza in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood is a simple venture with the potential to save lives. It’s a ā€œnalox-box,ā€...

ā€˜Falling through the cracks’: Long-term disparities in diabetes care

Dr. Arjun Sinha specializes in kidney care at IU Health and the VA Hospital. Oftentimes, he said, patients in end-stage kidney disease ā€” of which diabetes...

Diabetes: A crisis in plain sight

Doris Shaw has had diabetes longer than there have been footprints on the moon. It’s been 55 years of managing symptoms, battling side effects...

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