Dr. Deepa Sharma, Family Medicine Physician with Baptist Health Primary Care, says a lot of excess sugar in the diet leads to an increase in obesity and its complications. She explains excess sugar and diabetes are considered a cardiovascular risk factor, because it increases the risk of obesity. She recommends working together as a family…...

With a graphic, Lois Exelbert, Nurse Diabetes Educator and Patient Care Manager with Baptist Hospital, explains the tests which are used to diagnosis diabetes. The expert explains the test called A1C measures the average of what blood sugar there has been over a three-month period. It’s the best tool for finding people with diabetes even…...

In the adult population of Florida 2.4 million people have diabetes, 579,000 have diabetes but do not know it, and 5.8 million people have prediabetes. Angie Placeres, Registered Dietitian with Baptist Health South Florida, highlights it is important to see your primary care physician, at least once a year, because you will be able to…...

Dr. Pascual De Santis, Endocrinologist with Baptist Health South Florida, mentions the guidelines of American Diabetes Association to diagnose diabetes. “It's basically a fasting sugar or glucose, blood glucose, of 126 and above, hemoglobin a1c of 6.5 and above (the percentage of the hemoglobin that has a sugar attached to it and is representative of…...

Dr. Deepa Sharma, Family Medicine Physician with Baptist Health Primary Care, says type 1 diabetes is usually considered autoimmune, and it usually occurs at a younger age, because there is no insulin being produced from the pancreas. Type 2 diabetes usually occurs after the age of 40. She explains the pancreas is still producing insulin,…...

Has an insulin pump to be implanted? If you have an insulin pump, is your quality of life going to suffer? Dr. Lara Paraskos, Endocrinologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains the common misconceptions about this device and its benefits...

Dr. Bernie Fernandez, Chief Executive Officer of Baptist Health Medical Group, says diabetes affects the brain, the heart, the intestines, many other organs, and particularly circulation. He also explains, for example, a common complication of patients on dialysis is stemming from having diabetes and hypertension. ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel: . . Follow us…...

Craving sugar, hot flashes, inability to lose weight, swings in energy, fatigue, memory loss, and heart disease are some signs of insulin resistance. Dr. Ivette Espinosa-Fernandez, Pediatric Emergency Physician with West Kendall Baptist Hospital, explains as a lot of people start to eat healthy, they feel like they are going to have a heart attack…...