Maintaining good cardiovascular health and avoiding diabetes are key to good health and longevity. In these eight “Your Health Minute,” videos, Kansas City Medical Society member physicians provide brief tips on controlling high blood pressure and diabetes, along with recognizing the warning signs of stroke.

  1. What You Can Do to Control High Blood Pressure
  2. Taking Medications for Your High Blood Pressure
  3. What Is Prediabetes and What it Means
  4. Management of type 2 Diabetes
  5. High Blood Pressure and Why Controlling it Is Important
  6. Diabetes Prevention and Management
  7. Warning Signs of a Stroke
  8. Treatment of Stroke

Click on the links above to go directly to each video, or just scroll down.

1. What You Can Do to Control High Blood Pressure

Internal medicine physician Keith Jantz, MD, from Kansas City discusses healthy measures you can take to keep your blood pressure in a safe range.

2. Taking Medications for Your High Blood Pressure

Internal medicine physician Keith Jantz, MD, of Kansas City explains the importance of taking your blood pressure medicine as prescribed, plus additional lifestyle measures you can take.

3. What Is Prediabetes and What it Means

Internal medicine physician James Wetzel, MD, of Kansas City discusses prediabetes and how it is measured. He suggests lifestyle changes you can make to prevent this from becoming type 2 diabetes.

4. Management of type 2 Diabetes

Internal medicine physician James Wetzel, MD, of Kansas City shares how type 2 diabetes is managed through medications and lifestyle changes.

5. High Blood Pressure and Why Controlling it Is Important

Kansas City anesthesiologist Greg Unruh, MD, describes how blood pressure is measured and the consequences of leaving high blood pressure untreated.

6. Diabetes Prevention and Management

Kansas City retired cardiologist Alan Forker, MD, how medication and lifestyle changes are used to prevent and manage diabetes.

7. Warning Signs of a Stroke

Kansas City neurologist James Appelbaum, MD, describes the warning signs that one is having a stroke, including the FAST guide.

8. Treatment of Stroke

Neurologist James Appelbaum, MD, of Kansas City describes what happens if you are brought to the hospital with a possible stroke. He also discusses stroke rehabilitation.