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Keeping Your Kidneys Safe When Using Pain Relievers
Many analgesic medicines (pain relievers) are available over the counter. These medicines are generally safe when taken as directed. However, their heavy or long-term use may harm the kidneys. Up to an estimated three to five percent of the new cases of chronic kidney...
Starting this Month it will be Easier to Pick the Healthiest Options at Restaurants and Stores
“Do you want a soda with that?” Would you say “yes” if you knew that added up to 250 extra calories to your meal? Wouldn’t it be helpful to know about those extra calories right away, when you’re making the decision about what to order? Starting this May, that...
Spring Cleaning for Your Home and Spirit
After a long winter, this is the time of year to spruce up your environment with a good Spring Cleaning. It’s amazing what doing this can do for one’s state of mind. Not only does a good spring cleaning seem to lift our spirits, it has actually been proven to preserve...
High Blood Pressure is the Second Most Common Cause of Kidney Disease
Your heart pumps your blood through tubes (blood vessels) called arteries and veins. When your blood moves through the blood vessels, it pushes against the inside of them and creates pressure. Blood pressure is the pressure created inside your arteries and veins when...
Physical, Mental, Even Immediate Benefits Result From Regular Activity
Do you want to prevent cancer, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, injuries and unhealthy weight gain? Do you want to sleep better and improve your ability to think, reason and remember? If you do, move more and sit less. That’s the recommendation shared in the new Second...
February was National Cancer Prevention Month
It’s a good time to think about the ways you can reduce the risk of cancer for yourself and your loved ones. You can take these steps that have been shown to prevent cancer: Be physically active and follow a healthy diet Maintain a healthy weight Don’t use tobacco or...
For People with Diabetes or High Blood Pressure: Get Checked for Kidney Disease
Why should I be checked for kidney disease? Diabetes and high blood pressure can damage the kidneys and lead to kidney disease. You need to get checked for kidney disease if you have one of these conditions. Here are some other reasons to get checked: Early kidney...
March is National Kidney Month; Here’s How to Keep Your Kidneys Healthy and Happy
Your kidneys help maintain your overall health including cleaning waste and extra fluid from your blood. Your kidneys also: Balance chemicals in your body Help control blood pressure Help keep your bones healthy Help make red blood cells Fifteen percent of Americans...
AHF Recognizes Board of Directors Members
We often say health fairs would not be possible without the support of hundreds of volunteers and partner organizations. We appreciate your contributions of time and energy and making health fairs such a success. Today we would like to recognize AHF's volunteer Board...
Two Ways to Support AHF Without Spending a Dollar
By Betty Rieth, AHF *** We have survived yet another year! 2018 is almost over, and we are making all kinds of plans for the next season. We hope some of the changes will make you smile. We at Alaska Health fair wish you all a very merry and safe Holiday Season. One...