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A unique cancer treatment – known as HIPEC surgery – is going places that traditional chemotherapy treatments cannot – directly inside the abdomen to the tumor. This highly advanced, two-phase surgery, called hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC), combines tumor removal surgery with a heated, concentrated chemotherapy bath inside the abdomen, battling cancer directly at its source…

If you have diabetes or prediabetes, there is one important test that you should be doing to know how well you are managing your condition. The hemoglobin A1C test gives an average of your blood glucose control over the past 2-3 months and is an essential tool, not only for those with diabetes but for…

What do Sofia Vergara, Isaac Asimov, Rod Stewart, Tarek El Moussa, Catherine Bell, Joe Piscopo, Jennifer Grey, Daymond John, and approximately 50 percent of American adults have in common? They’ve all had thyroid nodules. “Thanks to increased awareness and improved diagnostic imaging, we’re able to detect thyroid nodules more often,” explains Alexander Shifrin, MD, surgical…

By: CentraState You’ve done some weight loss research and decided that you want to meet with a bariatric surgeon to learn more. So how do you choose the right one? Here are six things to consider in narrowing down your search, according to Val Prokurat, MD, DO, a bariatric surgeon at CentraState Medical Center in…

By: CentraState Parents of young children may be familiar with RSV as a seasonal childhood respiratory illness that typically appears in the winter months. But this year, RSV (also known as respiratory syncytial virus) has made an unlikely summer appearance. “We’re seeing a lot of positive cases of RSV along with a plethora of other…

By: CentraState You may have heard the term in the news: someone who is overwhelmed by a significant stressor or loss in turn suffers from broken heart syndrome. But this phenomenon is actually a real condition called stress cardiomyopathy – and it requires prompt medical care. “Stress cardiomyopathy may be brought on by a sudden…

By: CentraState When Bob Hoenig retired from his demanding job in news radio seven years ago, he looked forward to his new, stress-free lifestyle. Then, a cardiac issue — combined with decades of chronic high blood pressure — threw his life into a tailspin. Bob, 72, had coronary bypass surgery in 2020 to open a…