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Save the Date! You won’t want to miss this huge educational extravaganza! September 24, 2011 8 a.m. till after lunch. These workshops are designed to help patients become stars with managing their diabetes. Red carpet and the paparazzi will be on hand to help celebrate this stellar event. Cost of program is $20.00, which includes [...]

Join us for our 7th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival! Date: April 28, 2012 Time: 8:00am till after lunch Location: Diabetes and Endocrine Institute Cost: $20 per person including lunch. Preregistration required. Registration limited to the first 120 paid registrants. Sakura Matsuri Hanami It is time again for our Cherry Blossom Festival (Sakura Matsuri Hanami)! After [...]

by Martin Willoughby Published: Mississippi Business Journal, March 27,2011, Vol. 33, No. 13 For people in a service business, it is important to consider the perspective of the customer. It is not just about the service itself, it is also about the “experience” of the service. From first contact to final payment, your customers are [...]

Clarion Ledger 11:26 PM, Nov. 14, 2011, Written by Shanderia K. Posey Controlling blood sugar during the holidays may be a feat for some diabetics, but it doesn’t have to take extraordinary efforts. Dr. Wayne Woo, an endocrinologist and certified diabetes educator, says some diabetics deal with the holidays all wrong. “They think it’s a [...]

>>Download PDF of Article Diabetics across the nation are preparing to live the holiday season, and there are life choices to be made. With holidays approaching, people get excited about taking breaks and spending time with loved ones.  Some feel the pressures of preparation.  If you have diabetes, you may have bigger decisions to make [...]

Many Diabetics, Thyroid Patients and Others with Endocrine-Based Diseases and Conditions Don’t Really Know Their Disease or Treatment Options It is surprising in today’s world of advanced medicine that so many patients with diabetes, thyroid disease and other endocrine disorders don’t understand their disease or their treatment.  While a family physician or OB/GYN is knowledgeable [...]

According to Graham, such a program is on the way because the county has a new insurance carrier – Cigna – and a certain amount of money will go toward a wellness program and health fair. [...] one program city employees and their families can immediately take advantage of is free fitness wellness classes held at the Jackson Police Department Training Academy Monday through Thursday.

In his relentless pursuit of health for patients at the Diabetes and Endocrine Institute in Flowood, Dr. Wayne Woo has made interesting recommendations and formed some groundbreaking theories. His latest move is no different—teaming up with the Flowood YMCA to make sure medicine and exercise work together for better diabetes health and to battle obesity [...]

Table salt (sodium chloride) is about 40 percent sodium, and doctors may recommend a low- or no-salt diet to patients with high blood pressure. The average American probably consumes seven times the amount of sodium needed daily – a number that may climb up to 10 times for some.

One word—cheesecake. Not usually the standard fair for people with diabetes. However, there is a doctor in Mississippi who thinks differently. Dr. Wayne Woo (MD, MA, CDE, CPT, CCD, WCC, FACE) of the Diabetes and Endocrine Institute has become known as a very different doctor by diabetes patients from across the state. When was the [...]