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  • Care Team an Important Part of Diabetes Care: Sponsored by Central Florida Health Care

    Care Team an Important Part of Diabetes Care: Sponsored by Central Florida Health Care

    by TERESA SCHIFFER An estimated 34.2 million Americans are living with diabetes, a disease that can have an enormous impact on an individual’s health. In many cases, the development of type 2 diabetes can be prevented or at least controlled through appropriate dietary measures and increased physical activity levels.    Some of the risk factors…

  • Overcoming Fear With Education

    Overcoming Fear With Education

    Sponsored by Central Florida Health Care by TERESA SCHIFFER Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in American women, with 13% of the female population developing the disease at some point in their life. While it is the second-leading cause of death by cancer in women, there is good news.    “The one…

  • Strength in Sisterhood

    Strength in Sisterhood

    Breast Cancer Foundation of Central Florida Provides Resources, Support for Local Patients by PAMELA PALONGUE The Breast Cancer Foundation of Central Florida began when just one woman decided to take it upon herself to start something amazing.    Leah Grieger was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was just 33 and the mom of two children…

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  • All about Allergies

    All about Allergies

    Whether you call it seasonal allergies, allergic rhinitis or hay fever, it affects millions of people worldwide and is very common. There are 2 main types of allergic rhinitis: Seasonal allergies (hay fever): Caused by an allergy to pollen and/or mold spores in the air. Pollen, is comes from t flowering plants and is carried…

  • Lake Wales Medical Center’s Golden Care Unit is filling a need for behavioral health care specifically aimed at seniors.

    Lake Wales Medical Center’s Golden Care Unit is filling a need for behavioral health care specifically aimed at seniors.

    When an elderly parent starts hearing music that isn’t there, or seeing objects that aren’t there, it can be perplexing. Reading the signs can be difficult: is it a side effect to a new medication, or something more ominous? Whether it’s hallucinations, early signs of Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia, or another behavioral health…

  • What is the Annual Wellness Visit?

    What is the Annual Wellness Visit?

    by DR. JEFFREY EPSTEIN You may be wondering what exactly an Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) is, or why you need one.  After all, this is not something you have had done at your yearly physical with your doctor.  Yet, as you age, this becomes an important part of your healthcare routine. Consider this.  Think of…

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