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By Dan P. Montzka, M.D. May marks Stroke Awareness Month, a crucial time to highlight the importance of understanding strokes and their potential impact on various aspects of health, including vision. While strokes primarily affect the brain, their repercussions can extend to the eyes, often serving as early indicators or …

In the complex symphony of hormones orchestrating the human body’s functions, cortisol and testosterone play pivotal roles. While cortisol, often dubbed the “stress hormone,” prepares the body for fight or flight responses during stressful situations, testosterone, the quintessential male hormone, regulates various physiological processes, including muscle mass, bone density, and …

Are you one of the millions of Americans suffering from chronic back or neck pain? Have you tried multiple treatment options with little or no success? If so, radiofrequency ablation might be the solution to your chronic pain. At Excel Pain and Spine, their team are experts at performing radiofrequency …

Treating Shoulder Pain Successfully with Radiofrequency Paula Sharper and her husband had just recently moved to Florida, and she had been dealing with ongoing shoulder pain for a long time, which seemed to be getting worse. Paula was diagnosed with severe osteoarthritis of the AC joint (acromioclavicular joint) in the …

We’ve been forewarned that this year’s storm season is going to be much more active than last years. We can hope and cross our fingers that our coast won’t get hit, but it’s essential to make plans for hurricane season. It’s important to have a plan. • Lists of medication …

Submitted by Hospice of Marion County Making your healthcare wishes known is a win for everyone involved in your care. That is why during National Healthcare Decisions Month, healthcare organizations across the country highlight the importance of having advance directives. April 16 is celebrated as National Healthcare Decisions Day. This …

All Americans have some degree of cataract change by the age of 75. As the country’s population advances in years, cataract surgery has become one of the most common surgical procedures, nearing 4 million cases annually. Recent advances in cataract surgery, including computer-assisted eye mapping and laser assisted cataract removal, …

When it comes to pain management, The Interventional Pain Institute (IPI) is the new name creating waves in The Village and Ocala, Florida. Led by Dr. Brent Compton, the institute offers a comprehensive array of interventional pain services designed to alleviate chronic and acute pain, thereby enhancing patients’ quality of …

By Dan P. Montzka, M.D. March is National Kidney Month! But what do those kidney-bean-shaped organs actually do? Not only do they filter waste products out of blood to create urine, but they also play a vital role in your body’s water regulation, maintain your blood pressure, balance your electrolytes, …

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is caused by your immune system attacking the myelin surrounding the nerves in your brain. It is thought that specific types of B cells and T cells in your body are drivers of the attack. B cells play a central role in MS …