Forrest General is joining with the National Association for Home Care and Hospice in celebrating National Home Care and Hospice Month in November.

It is estimated that nearly 26 million people in the United States have diabetes, including an estimated 7 million who remain undiagnosed. Diabetes is a chronic, widespread condition characterized by high blood sugar in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin, the hormone needed to transport glucose from the blood into the cells of the body for energy. On Nov.

Forrest General is joining the American Heart Association’s Hattiesburg office in encouraging Pine Belt citizens to make healthy eating choices on Nov. 7 — National Eating Healthy Day.