Affiliated Community Medical Centers
Where does your car go when it’s out of gas? You might get down the block on fumes, but you won’t go very far. Your body works the same way. In your car fuel is stored in the gas tank, but without a fuel line to get the gas to the engine it won’t help [More]
Imagine a world with no insulin; how would people with diabetes cope with their chronic illness? All of that changed when in 1922, Frederick Banting and his team discovered insulin in Ontario, Canada. Each year, November 14 is celebrated and is known as World Diabetes Day as we remember the birthday of Dr. Banting and [More]
Childhood Obesity continues to grow at an alarming rate, even here in southwest Minnesota. Childhood Obesity is defined as having a BMI (Body Mass Index) greater than the 95th percentile. Children who are overweight would display a BMI greater than the 85th percentile. If you want to figure out your child’s BMI, you can use [More]
