As temperatures climb, so does the risk of heat-related illness. Every year, our team at Quick Care Med sees a noticeable rise in patients dealing with heat exhaustion — a condition that’s preventable, treatable, and important not to ignore. Whether you’re working outdoors, exercising, or simply spending a long day …

A well-balanced diet is key to maintaining your physical health across all body systems — including your vision. A nutrient-rich diet can have an impact on your health, protecting critical parts of your eyes and reducing your risk for serious eye conditions such as age-related macular degeneration and cataracts. Conversely, …

Varicose veins and water retention are two conditions that often go together. Understanding their link is crucial, as addressing one can impact the other. The vein specialists at Central Florida Vein & Vascular Center in Orlando are here to explain how these conditions are intertwined and what you can do …

Applying Pilates fundamentals to strengthen the mind-body connection The Weight of Alzheimer’s Disease The human brain is fascinating. So when the brain begins to decline in function it’s a big deal on the body’s ecosystem. Alzheimer disease is an incurable brain disorder causing the brain to shrink and brain cells …

With weather approaching the upper 90’s and, on some days, triple digits, the heat can be unbearable at times and downright dangerous, this is especially true when we factor in the high level of humidity. Our bodies self-regulate heat by sweating and also through radiating heat back into the atmosphere. …

When your golf swing is lacking, it may be because of underlying mobility issues that are actually. affecting your entire body. Whether impinged muscles, injury, stiffness or pain are limiting your range-of-motion, physical therapy will not only get you out of pain but can improve your golf game by increasing …

Submitted by Hospice of Marion County Unfortunately, there are misguided notions about what hospice is and many myths continue to surface. Here we seek to help you better understand hospice care and dispel some of the common myths so that you and your loved ones can make better informed decisions …

Brent Myers Have you noticed that Summer has arrived? If you haven’t, just wait, you will. This is how I can usually tell that our wonderful south Florida Summer has come: when I bathe, get dressed, walk outside the house thirty feet to my car and when I get in …

How Bauman Medical Helps Men Get Their Swagger Back by Alan J. Bauman, MD, ABHRS Ah, Father’s Day. The time of year when we get to celebrate the man who taught us it all. From shaving technique to parallel parking, it’s hard to find a gift that honors all he’s …

Heat wreaks havoc on varicose veins, and stepping outside on a summer day can cause flare-ups of already painful symptoms. Unfortunately, high temperatures are nearly impossible to avoid parts of the year in many areas around the country. Two minutes outside in July and August can leave you drenched in …