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  • T1D Team

    T1D Team

    Meet the Pair Leading the Charge for Type 1 Diabetes Awareness & Support  in Polk County by RYAN MILEJCZAK photos by TYLER DIGIOVINE Diabetes is a disease you’re likely already familiar with to some degree. It’s a chronic condition that affects how the body turns food into energy. Type 2 diabetes — the most common…

  • Addition of Endocrinologist Takes Patient Care to the Next Level

    Addition of Endocrinologist Takes Patient Care to the Next Level

    by TERESA SCHIFFER Sponsored by Central Florida Health Care Central Florida Health Care is happy to welcome the newest member of the team, board certified endocrinologist Dr. Jessica Castellanos-Diaz-Diaz. As an endocrinologist, Castellanos-Diaz will be doing a lot of work with patients who are affected by diabetes or thyroid conditions. Castellanos-Diaz is excited to step…

  • Serving the Underserved

    Serving the Underserved

    Diabetes Center of Excellence to Provide Multidisciplinary Approach by K. MICHELE TRICE With more than 15 percent of Polk County residents having been diagnosed with diabetes, there is a distinct need for quality health care that focuses on the illness. Central Florida Health Care is working to address that need by creating a Diabetes Center…

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  • Ask a Nurse: Popping pain pills?

    Ask a Nurse: Popping pain pills?

    Americans make up ~4.6 percent of the world’s population, yet have been consuming 80 percent of the global opioid supply and 99 percent of the global hydrocodone supply1! According to the CDC in 2008, 14,800 died of an opioid overdose… more than heroin and cocaine COMBINED2. Opioids like morphine, codeine, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxycodone, oxymorphone, and fentanyl…

  • PCMA Letter: Don’t let an active lifestyle be a chore this summer

    PCMA Letter: Don’t let an active lifestyle be a chore this summer

    It’s fairly common amongst the general population to want to live a long, healthy, and happy life.  Remaining physically fit is imperative to this way of life.  Staying in shape helps you live longer and prevents illnesses.  This is why the doctors of the Polk County Medical Association (PCMA) bring you the fitness edition this…

  • Publisher’s Note: Some of the healthcare legislation recently passed

    Publisher’s Note: Some of the healthcare legislation recently passed

    Like any other year, the 2014 Florida Legislative Session saw a lot of action for health and safety-related bills.  Some of them passed with flying colors, while others failed—but, just in case you aren’t aware—I’d like to summarize three important pieces of legislation that are being made into law: SB 1030 During the legislative session,…

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