Contributor: Dr. Staci-Marie Norman, PharmD, DCES

While the holiday season is often filled with excitement, anticipation, and celebration, it can also bring stress, anxiety, loneliness, and gloom. The Holiday Blues.

Contributor: Dr. Staci-Marie Norman, PharmD, DCES

There is more to ensuring we stay healthy than just keeping annual, biannual, or quarterly doctor appointments. There are screening tests and lab work that can be vital in helping our health care team to know how healthy we are and to catch problems before they are out of control.

Living with diabetes can bring familiarity with certain blood tests:

Contributor: Dr. Staci-Marie Norman, PharmD, DCES

It's summer, and I bet you're thinking about vacation! During my shifts at the pharmacy, summer always brings questions about how to deal with medications while traveling, especially if the medications are refrigerated. Here are answers to some of the most common questions I get so you are ready for your summer vacation:

Contributor: Dr. Staci-Marie Norman, PharmD, DCES

Hypoglycemia, or low blood glucose, is common in diabetes management. If your medications include insulin or sulfonylureas, then you are at risk of hypoglycemia and should have a plan in place for treatment.