By promoting this stamp, the Postal Service hopes to increase the awareness of the symptoms and warning signs of diabetes. This rise is caused mostly by obesity. People who have family members with diabetes and Native Americans are highest at risk. Diabetes is a lifelong disease in which your body has trouble converting the food you eat into the energy you need. This high sugar can damage many parts of the body, such as the heart, blood vessels, eyes and kidneys.
Symptoms can be hard to identify at first and many times are easily overlooked.
St. Mary's Pharmacy Staff will be participating in Poison Prevention week March 26-30. Our staff go to all of the kindergarten classes and teach them the dangers of poisons. This is a community service from St. Mary's. For the 3rd year, St. Mary's will be hosting this sports program, directed by Cathy Petra, in Rehab. This is designed specifically for young athletes to improve their strength, endurance, flexibility and coordination, which in turn helps improve the athlete's performance and reduce the potential for injury.