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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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  • Skin Cancer Screening a Necessity for Floridians

    Skin Cancer Screening a Necessity for Floridians

    It should come as no big surprise that simply living in Florida puts you at an increased risk for skin cancer. The reason for this is simple: The biggest cause of skin cancer is exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UV light) from the sun. There’s a reason that Florida is called “the Sunshine State,” and while…

  • Diagnosis and Treatment Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

    Diagnosis and Treatment Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

    Last month, I explained what an aortic aneurysm is, how it can be detected, its presentation and risk factors.   How Is It Diagnosed? An abdominal aortic aneurysm can be diagnosed with the help of an ultrasound, a safe, painless test that does not involve any radiation. If confirmed and found to be larger than…

  • Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

    Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

    An aneurysm is a “weakening” or “dilatation” in a part of an artery. An estimated 15,000 people die of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) every year in the US. About 200,000 new cases of AAA are diagnosed every year. Most of these are diagnosed by tests that are done for unrelated reasons.  The aorta is…

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