'The Cardiac Rehab Team is Incredible – I Can’t Thank Them Enough’
After suffering a heart attack at 44, Vijay Saraf wanted to get back to his active lifestyle, hiking and skiing. South Shore Health's Cardiac Rehabilitation program helped Vijay recover, regain strength and confidence and hit the slopes again.
Keeping Diabetes in Control Can Prevent Health Problems
Diabetes is a chronic health condition in which the body doesn’t produce enough insulin or cannot use it properly. Insulin helps to regulate blood glucose/sugar levels by allowing the body’s cells to use it as energy.
Blood Pressure Clinics Help Put South Shore Medical Center Patients in Control
It’s high blood pressure education month, a good time to focus on the importance of controlling hypertension, a condition that affects nearly half of...
Managing Diabetes: What You Can Do to Stay in Control of Your Health
South Shore Medical Center’s diabetes specialists in endocrinology, diabetes education, nutrition, and podiatry, along with your primary care provider, work together to create a care plan and explain how medications, dietary guidelines, and self-management practices can help you manage the disease and stay in control of your health.
Five Lifestyle Changes That Can Put Prediabetes in Reverse
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 88 million Americans – one in three adults -- have prediabetes. As many as 80% of them don’t realize they have the condition and without intervention, can develop type 2 diabetes within five years.