Dr. Sachin Vaikunth, MD, a board-certified general surgeon, has joined BayCare Medical Group and is accepting new patients 18 and older at 6633 Forest Ave., Suite 205 in New Port Richey.

Weighing fact vs. fiction is important for the 30 million adults who are living with diabetes. Can diabetics eat sugar? Once they take insulin, will they use it forever? Is being overweight a factor for all diabetics? Venkata Budharaju, medical director of the Diabetes Program at St. Anthony’s Hospital, separates truth from myth during National Diabetes Awareness Month.

Even though legitimate toymakers deserve kudos for making many of their products safer over the years, too often, Americans end up buying dangerous toys for children for the holidays. Florida Consumer Action Network Foundation’s 36th annual Trouble in Toyland report shows that many of those toys are counterfeit or recalled products, but still make their way into consumers’ shopping carts.

The holiday season is here! That means festive gatherings and celebrations kick into high gear across the country. To help you celebrate the holiday season safely, BayCare's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Nishant Anand provides some ways you can minimize COVID-19 risks.

CardioMEMS™ is a small sensor that can monitor patients’ pulmonary artery pressure and heart rate outside of the hospital.