Central Florida Health and Wellness Magazine Health and Wellness Articles of the Villages
By Paula Swift, CHTP Just one word evokes a diverse response. Whether you’ve experienced it yourself, or walked alongside others through their crisis, fear, anger and sadness tend to dominate. So, it might sound strange when some will remark this time in their life to be the best event that ever …
Read More »Suicide Prevention New Hope
By Eric Milbrandt, MD, MPH If you are reading this article, chances are your life has been affected by suicide. Perhaps it was a loved one or close friend. Perhaps both. For me, it happened first with my best friend in high school. Then came a college roommate, a coworker, …
Read More »Your Secondary Heart – The Key To Healthy Aging
Maintaining proper circulation can prevent what we often see as normal signs of aging, including memory loss, dizziness, and chronic fatigue. By Dr. Ken McLeod, Professor at the State University of New York at Binghamton Most people are well aware of the health complications associated with high blood pressure. As …
Read More »Commission on Cancer: Central Florida Health Earns National Recognition
During the month of September, we would like to highlight four cancer awareness groups that often go overlooked—blood, ovarian, prostate and childhood cancers. It is estimated that 1,762,450 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the United States in 2019. We recently took time to speak with the professionals at …
Read More »Hearing Loss and Increased Risk of Falling.
Many of the causes of senior citizens falling and injuring themselves are preventable. Physicians routinely advise their older patients to exercise, have their vision checked, and monitor whether any medications may cause dizziness. In addition to these commonly known contributors to falls is untreated hearing loss, which has been linked in …
Read More »Pain Management and CBD Water
Neuropathic pain is a worldwide epidemic that occurs in 3 to 8% of individuals in industrialized countries and is often refractory to existing treatments. The high rate of addiction and overdose has pushed those treating chronic pain to look for alternatives. In July 2017, a 400-page report by the National …
Read More »Painful Arthritis: Finding Relief at Quick Care Med Walk-In & Urgent Care
Arthritis causes wearing away of the joints. Some of the common arthritic symptoms are joint pain, stiffness, swelling, stiffness, and fatigue. One of the main types of arthritis is osteoarthritis (OA), also referred to as “wear and tear” arthritis. With OA, wear and tear damages the cartilage in the joints …
Read More »Medicare Insurance Agent, Susan Tate: Arthritis Treatment
More than 120 million people in the US have arthritis. The degenerative effects of arthritis cause wear and tear of the joints. Some common arthritic symptoms are joint pain, stiffness, swelling, warmth, and limited mobility. One of the main types of arthritis is osteoarthritis (OA). With OA, wear and tear damages …
Read More »Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month: What You Should Know
It’s estimated that between 3 and 6 million people in the U.S. have atrial fibrillation. Most of us are very familiar with symptoms of coronary heart disease, but what about the perilous condition that takes over 130,000 lives each year called Atrial Fibrillation (AFib)?1 Hereditary heart disease usually causes the …
Read More »2019 Breakthroughs in Cancer Research
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) recently published Clinical Cancer Advances 2019: ASCO’s Annual Report on Progress Against Cancer. The report highlights the most important clinical research advances over the past year and makes recommendations for areas of focused research in the future. Advances Continue in Immunotherapy Research As …
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