Extension Rural Health & Nutrition

Key Tips for Safe Wound, Foot, and Skin Care

For individuals with conditions like diabetes and kidney or heart disease, proper wound care is essential to prevent infection and complications. Even minor cuts or scrapes can become serious if not treated promptly. This guide offers clear steps to clean and protect wounds, helpful tips to support your skin health, and signs that mean you […]

Nutrition Recommendations for Diabetes

Introduction Diabetes is a complex chronic disease that, when left untreated, can impact every part of the body. Often, one may hear older generations refer to diabetes as a “touch of sugar” or “sugar diabetes.” While these names for the condition of diabetes are technically inaccurate terms, they do in some ways describe a small […]