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When Did You Last Have a Checkup? Here’s Why That Question Matters More Than You Think When Jerilyn Summers asks her patients this question, most of them pause. They think. Then they say something like, “It’s been a while”, and look slightly guilty about it. She wants you to know: there’s no judgment here. Life…

Prediabetes: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Stop It Before It Starts One in three American adults has prediabetes. If you are looking for guidance on prediabetes in Orlando, knowing the signs early can genuinely change your health trajectory, and more than 80% of people who have it don’t even realize it.…

For decades, the standard answer to ‘Can lupus be cured?’ has been a firm no. Lupus is managed, not cured. It is quieted, not eliminated. That answer may be changing. CAR-T cell therapy is a form of treatment that genetically engineers your own immune cells, and it has shown extraordinary early results in lupus clinical…

If you or someone you love was recently diagnosed, understanding modern lupus life expectancy is likely top of mind. The answer is more hopeful than most people expect. And it has improved dramatically over the past 70 years. “Lupus is a chronic disease, but it is a disease where the outcomes have really transformed over…

High Blood Sugar? What’s the Big Deal?” A UCF Physician Provides Answers On June 9, LIFE at UCF hosted a talk with a title that sounds casual on purpose: “High Blood Sugar? What’s the Big Deal?” The speaker, Dr. Ye Wint Kyaw, a board-certified endocrinologist with UCF Health Faculty Physician Practice, gave an answer that…

What Is a Nurse Practitioner — and Can They Be My Primary Care Provider? It’s one of the most common questions we hear from new patients: “So… what exactly is a nurse practitioner? Is that the same as a doctor?” It’s a fair question, and it’s one we love answering. Because the honest answer is:…