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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
