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  • Medications for HIV Have Come a Long Way: Sponsored by Central Florida Health Care

    Medications for HIV Have Come a Long Way: Sponsored by Central Florida Health Care

    by TERESA SCHIFFER Sponsored by Central Florida Health Care   With World AIDS Day taking place on December 1, this is a good time to talk about HIV/AIDS prevention. Most of us already are aware of the dangers of this infectious disease, and that it is transmitted through an exchange of bodily fluids, such as…

  • Pop Quiz: Stop Sabotaging Your Skin

    Pop Quiz: Stop Sabotaging Your Skin

    Looking your best is an important consideration for most people, and the options for skincare and beauty products are endless. However, you may be sabotaging your own efforts to look and feel your best by committing common skincare and beauty mistakes. Take our pop quiz on the most common beauty and skin missteps to make…

  • Pop Quiz: Crash Course on Caffeine

    Pop Quiz: Crash Course on Caffeine

    Caffeine plays a big role in the lives of many Americans, with coffee, tea, caffeinated soda, energy drinks, and energy shots being some people’s daily go-to drinks. However, few actually stop to consider how much caffeine they are consuming every day or how that caffeine can affect their health. Test your knowledge with our pop…

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  • “There’s a fly in my soup!”

    “There’s a fly in my soup!”

    “There’s a fly in my soup!” No… wait, that’s not a fly. It’s a floater. What are floaters? And why do we get them?    Floaters are a symptom of the natural aging of the vitreous gel in the eye. Our eyeballs are filled with gel, and as we grow older, the gel becomes more liquid.…

  • The Connection Between Lifestyle, Vascular Disease

    The Connection Between Lifestyle, Vascular Disease

    I cannot really believe that the holidays are upon us already. This year has been a unique one with another surge of Covid, and its usual mix of pain and pleasure. I would like to take this opportunity to emphasize the role of lifestyle in the management of vascular disease, which can lend a sense…

  • Diabetes — the Leading Cause of Blindness

    Diabetes — the Leading Cause of Blindness

    October may be National Diabetes Month, but for me as an eye doctor, every month is diabetes month. Complications from diabetes are the leading cause of blindness in adults in the United States. For my patients who are diabetic, I am always on the lookout for bleeding inside the eye as well as internal swelling,…

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