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Health Education

Ozempic: does it need to be refrigerated?

Ozempic: does it need to be refrigerated?

Is Ozempic refrigerated?

Featured

A bowl of food on the diabetes diet

Best diet for diabetes

Once you’ve been diagnosed with diabetes, it’s important to follow a specific eating plan

Diabetes in women

Diabetes in women

This guide includes everything women need to know about diabetes, including specific symptoms, diabetes during menopause, and more

Do coffee and diabetes mix?

Controlling diabetes is all about managing your blood sugar levels. Here’s how caffeine affects it.

Our Medical Review Board

SingleCare’s Medical Review Board is comprised of experienced medical professionals including physicians, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, and veterinarians. They provide expert review, fact-checking, and medication guidance to ensure that all of our health and wellness content is accurate and up-to-date.

Ramzi Yacoub, Pharm.D.

Chad Shaffer, MD, medical writer and reviewer for SingleCare

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Health Education

Woman with a finger blood test - what is a dangerous level of a1c

Woman with a finger blood test - what is a dangerous level of a1c

The dangers of high A1C

A stack of donuts — can you get diabetes from eating too much sugar?

A stack of donuts — can you get diabetes from eating too much sugar?

Does sugar cause diabetes?

A man with itchy eyes — best antihistamine

A man with itchy eyes — best antihistamine

The best antihistamine

Drug Info

FDA Approval Stamp - Wezlana

FDA Approval Stamp - Wezlana

FDA approves Wezlana

Two arms itching — amoxicillin rash

Two arms itching — amoxicillin rash

How to identify amoxicillin rash

FDA approval stamp - Januvia

FDA approval stamp - Januvia

FDA approves Zituvio for diabetes

Our editorial standards

Medically accurate SingleCare’s Medical Review Board analyzes all of our content to confirm it’s in line with current medical advice.
Evidence Based Our content is sourced from reputable U.S.-based healthcare professionals and peer-reviewed research.
Trustworthy All of SingleCare’s content goes through a multi-phase review process by our writers, editors, and Medical Board in order to provide clear and credible information.

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Wellness

spoons with supplements - vitamins that boost testosterone

spoons with supplements - vitamins that boost testosterone

Supplements to boost testosterone

bowl of shilajit - shilajit benefits

bowl of shilajit - shilajit benefits

10 benefits of shilajit

Hand holding a cup of coffee - Does coffee dehydrate you?

Hand holding a cup of coffee - Does coffee dehydrate you?

Does coffee dehydrate you?

News

FDA Approval Stamp - Wezlana

FDA Approval Stamp - Wezlana

FDA approves Wezlana

FDA approval stamp - Januvia

FDA approval stamp - Januvia

FDA approves Zituvio for diabetes

Over-the-counter birth control FDA approved

Over-the-counter birth control FDA approved

FDA approves OTC birth control pills

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