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Digital-exclusive health reports from Dr. Benita Zahn. Look for new episodes every Monday and Thursday.

Health Beat: Diabetes Month

November is Diabetes Awareness Month. More than 29 million people in the United States have diabetes. More than one in every 10 adults who are 20 years or older has diabetes. So what do we need to know about this disease to prevent it and to prevent the ravages it can bring?

Health Beat: Alzheimer's Care Givers

November is Alzheimer's awareness month. It's estimated 5.8 million American's have Alzheimer's. And as America grays, that number will increase. Providing care is both challenging and can be daunting.

Health Beat: Child Safe Products Act

Do you know what chemicals are in the products you're using for your children and the effect of those chemicals? A lot of people don't and that's why Clean and Healthy New York is pushing lawmakers to adopt the Child Safe Products Act.

Health Beat: Pancreatic Cancer

November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. It's one of the deadliest cancers because there are generally no symptoms until the disease has progressed. Some 56,000 people will be diagnosed this year -- only right percent will survive. Most notably, game show host Alex Trebeck has been battling this disease and his story can help raise awareness and more funds for research.

Health Beat: Bioethics — Influential Woman

Bioethics is little understood outside medical and philosophical circles, but it helps guide our daily life. Dr. Lisa Campo-Englestein is an associate professor at the Alden March Bioethics Institute at Albany Medical College and has been named to the BBC's 100 Women list, a selection of influential and inspirational women from around the world.

Health Beat: Heart & Diabetes

As Americans age and obesity continues, diabetes lurks -- and with it is a threat to our heart health. November is Diabetes Awareness Month. So we welcome Dr. Reid Muller, a cardiologist with Albany Associates in Cardiology, to help us understand the risk and stay healthy.

Health Beat: PrEP HIV Prevention

HIV and AIDS are no longer the scourge they once were, but we still have a way to go to reach no new infections.

Health Beat: Hip & Knee Replacement

Hip replacements have skyrocketed in the United States over the past five years or so -- and the age of the patient has dropped. There have been advancements in technology and turn-around from surgery to home is shorter than ever. Much the same has happened with knee replacements.

Health Beat: Breast Cancer

One in eight women will get a diagnosis of breast cancer in her lifetime. That doesn't include the men who will also be diagnosed. So what do you need to know?

Health Beat: Cancer Survivorship Booklet

An increasing number of people are surviving cancer and also living with cancer. How to live with the life-changing diagnosis -- that's what Pat Brady from New York Oncology Hematology is here to discuss.

Health Beat: Midwifery

Health Beat: Medicare Enrollment

Health Beat: Homeless Teens Health

Health Beat: Optic Neuritis

Health Beat: Suicide Prevention

Health Beat: Vaping

Health Beat: Insulin and Memory

Health Beat: College Nutrition

Health Beat: Protein Diet

Health Beat: Lung Cancer Program

Health Beat: New Mental Health Program

Health Beat: Fibromyalgia

Health Beat: Latest HIV Treatments

Health Beat: Epilepsy

Health Beat: The Overdose Crisis

Health Beat: Preventable Disease Clinic

Health Beat: ALS Treatments

Health Beat: Bedwetting

Health Beat: Making Strides Kickoff Event

Health Beat: Consumer Directed Choices

Health Beat: Transportation for Cancer Patients

Health Beat: Hidden Sugar

Health Beat: IV Access Improvement

Health Beat: Caregiver Support

Health Beat: Nurse Navigators

Health Beat: Lyme disease

Health Beat: Ingredients in feminine products

Health Beat: Summer Hazards

Health Beat: HIV Testing

Health Beat: Migraines

Health Report

Study: Healthy diet may lower hearing loss risk

Experimental drug could help with migraine treatment

New York state suing e-cigarette maker Juul

More physical activity could help lower dementia risk

E-cigs continue to have devastating impacts on young people

In this Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 photo, a man using an electronic cigarette exhales in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. On Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 2,172 confirmed and probable vaping-related illnesses have been reported. Cases have occurred in every state but Alaska. Forty-two people in 24 states have died. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Vaping illnesses in US still rising, though at slower pace

Finding the best health insurance plan for your family

Researchers find mixed news about skin cancer

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