Angie Placeres, Registered Dietitian with Baptist Health South Florida, explains a diabetes educator works with nurses, endocrinologists, and other dietitians who focus on the diabetic population. She also says if you have not been diagnosed with diabetes but you have a strong family history, it is important to take action at that time and do […]

Diabetes can cause retinopathy and when sugar levels are high, people can have difficulty for nearside vision. This can be prevented or resolved when the glucose is low, says Dr. Pascual De Santis, Endocrinologist at Baptist Health South Florida. One of the things that scares diabetics is the fact that they cannot see or cannot […]

Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the U.S, and diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the country. Ian del Conde, Cardiovascular Specialist at Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, explains diabetes is a very common chronic condition in the population. He says our daily actions can have a huge […]

Dr. Jorge Busse, Nephrologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains usually type 1 diabetes affects patients before age 40, and type 2 affects people after 40. He also says type 2 is mostly genetic. Another difference is that in type 1, the body can no longer produce insulin, and in type 2, the body still […]

What is your risk for diabetes? Amy Kimberlain, Registered Dietitian with Baptist Health South Florida, explains there is a test to know if you are near to get a diagnose of diabetes. The test has questions, such are age, gender, previous diagnosis of gestational diabetes, family history, and high blood pressure, among others. ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** SUBSCRIBE […]

Type 1 diabetes is affecting only 5 to 10% of people, affirms Lois Exelbert, Nurse Diabetes Educator and Patient Care Manager with Baptist Hospital of Miami. She adds the old name for this condition used to be juvenile diabetes, because it was presumed that it happened in children and not in adults. However, adults even […]

Diabetes is slightly more common in men than in women in across most of ethnic groups, according to the last CDC report, says Dr. Pascual De Santis, Endocrinologist with Baptist Health South Florida, but the difference is very small. Cathy Clark-Reyes, Registered Dietitian with Baptist Health Primary Care, explains women tend to get on the […]

Dr. Jorge Busse, Nephrologist with Baptist Health South Florida, says sugar is one form of carbohydrate, and just because a product is sugar-free, it doesn’t mean it is not necessarily carbohydrate free. “We are what we do and what we eat. If I know I have a propensity for diabetes, I have to be on […]

Angie Placeres, Registered Dietitian with Baptist Health South Florida, says a symptom of diabetes is excessive thirst, and it happens because sugar starts to accumulate in the blood, and insulin is not able to do its job, so you have a rise in the blood sugar. She also explains other symptoms are frequent urination, blurry […]