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Illustration of an inflamed, overactive thyroid gland with an inset showing antibodies attacking thyroid cells. Headline: Understanding Graves’ Disease — symptoms, causes, and new clinical trial opportunities.
Thyroid

Understanding Graves’ Disease: Symptoms, Causes, and New Clinical Trial Opportunities in Central Florida

What Graves’ disease does to your thyroid, why standard treatments do not work for everyone, and a Phase 2b trial of IMVT-1402 now enrolling in Ocoee, FL.

Ineska Freire, MD·September 8, 2026·5 min
An illustration of an arm wearing a blood pressure cuff reading 120 over 80, surrounded by heart, vessel, clock and monitor icons. Headline: Understanding Blood Pressure.
Weight Management

Fructose Consumption May Affect High Blood Pressure

Blood pressure categories explained, why added fructose is not the same as fruit, and a practical plan for cutting processed corn syrup from your week.

Kathy Mandry, RD·August 26, 2026·8 min
A runner silhouetted against a sunrise. Headline: Successful Weight Loss — your journey to strength starts here; estimate your calorie needs.
Weight Management

How to Set a Plan for Successful Weight Loss

How a dietitian estimates your calorie needs, what activity actually has to look like, and the sleep, medication and emotional factors that decide the outcome.

Kathy Mandry, RD·August 20, 2026·9 min
A man wearing a continuous glucose monitor on the back of his arm, checking his watch, with a graph line flowing across the image. Headline: Stay Ahead of Your Glucose — what continuous glucose monitors actually teach us about metabolism.
Diabetes Management

Beyond the Daily Spike: What Continuous Glucose Monitors Actually Teach Us About Metabolism

What a CGM can and cannot tell you: why sensor readings lag your blood, what a compression low is, and how to read the trend instead of the number.

Maria del Carmen Freire, PA-C·August 20, 2026·6 min
An illustrated poster titled Understanding Obesity, with three panels labelled Diagnosis, Health Risks, and Related Conditions.
Weight Management

Understanding Obesity: Diagnosis, Health Risks, and Related Conditions

Obesity is a chronic condition, not a personal failure. What BMI does and does not tell you, the conditions linked to it, and what to ask your provider.

Maria Ines Marulanda, MD·August 19, 2026·9 min
Side-by-side photographs of the author before and after the change in body composition described in this article.
Weight Management

Demystifying Calories & Body Recomposition

Why crash dieting costs you muscle, what your metabolism actually spends energy on, and how to lose fat without wrecking your baseline metabolic rate.

Jhon Freire·August 19, 2026·10 min