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  • Where AI Meets Awareness

    Where AI Meets Awareness

    AdventHealth’s GRACE Helps With Early Detection of Breast Cancer  by REBEKAH PIERCE October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and while we’ve known for many years that awareness and early detection can help save lives, it’s always been an “easier said than done” situation. Like many cancers, breast cancer is notoriously hard to detect and can…

  • The Journey of a Lifetime

    The Journey of a Lifetime

    Bo Boyte’s T1D Experience Turned Him From a Boy Who Hid His Disease to Outspoken Advocate by RYAN MILEJCZAK For many, being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes before you can even walk might seem like a monumental life change. But for Bo Boyte of Lake Wales, who was diagnosed when he was only 13 months…

  • Endocrinologists Are the First Line of Defense for Diabetics

    Endocrinologists Are the First Line of Defense for Diabetics

    by RYAN MILEJCZAK Sponsored by Central Florida Health Care When something goes wrong with your car, a general mechanic can often address the issue. However, for more complex problems, like transmission or engine issues, a specialist mechanic is better equipped to solve the problems. Similarly, in health care, primary care physicians handle routine and preventive…

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  • Ask a Nurse: Weight gain and genetics

    Ask a Nurse: Weight gain and genetics

    We have all heard the phrase, “I will always be overweight; it’s in my genes!” Well, according to an article on the Mayo Clinic website in June of 2013, “Obesity can sometimes be traced to a medical cause, such as Prader-Willi syndrome, polycystic ovary syndrome and other diseases and conditions.” However, with Prader-Willi syndrome’s prevalence…

  • Publisher’s Note: Inspiration for the present and encouragement for the New Year

    Publisher’s Note: Inspiration for the present and encouragement for the New Year

    With all the changes happening to the healthcare industry in 2014, Central Florida Health News magazine is a trusted resource for how these changes are affecting our local community.  We’re starting this edition with a very relevant topic: obesity.  The numbers don’t lie.  In our region we have a significantly higher obesity rate than the…

  • Healthy Cook: Sticking to diets that work

    Healthy Cook: Sticking to diets that work

    Okay folks.  The fun is over.  It’s time to get back to the real world.  That means tightening the belt you let out a couple of notches over the holidays.  Controlling weight is a year-long process and, unless there is a medical reason, is a matter of math.  Calories in versus calories out.  If you…

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