November is Diabetes Awareness Month, an important time to focus on how this chronic disease impacts millions of Americans daily. Diabetes affects how the body uses glucose (sugar) for energy. This condition doesn’t just affect blood sugar but can also have widespread effects throughout the body, including the vascular system. “Because diabetes raises blood sugar and causes insulin resistance, it causes injury to the lining of blood vessels,” said Dr. Jordan Knepper , vascular surgeon and medical direct...
Your vascular health is considered an important base for your overall health and wellness and maintaining healthy blood flow can significantly reduce your risk of other serious health conditions such as heart disease, kidney disease, and stroke. It can also regulate blood pressure ensuring your heart isn’t working too hard to pump blood. However, health problems can develop as you get older, including abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA ), often undetected and can be a silent threat. “AAA is a condition in ...
McLaren Greater Lansing, part of McLaren Health Care, became the first hospital in the Midwest to perform a vascular surgical procedure for aneurysm repair featuring advanced AI technology. Vascular surgeon and director of the Heart and Vascular Center at MSU Health Care Dr. Jordan Knepper applied Cydar Maps augmented artificial intelligence technology to a Nov. 1 procedure, making him and the McLaren Greater Lansing surgical team one of 20 pilot sites in the United States capable of using the advanced ...