Submitted by Hospice of Marion County When a group of healthcare providers, doctors, nurses and clergymen, got together around the table at the old Brahma Restaurant on the corner of Pine and 17th Street back in 1980, little did they know that their efforts would create the county’s only not-for-profit hospice …

High blood sugar and cardiovascular disease have more in common than most people are aware. In our country nearly 30 million people have diabetes, and a vast majority of our population unknowingly has what’s known as prediabetes, which quickly escalates into the disease within a short amount of time. If you …

For adults with mild-to-moderate primary open-angle glaucoma who are planning to have cataract surgery, technology has finally excelled to meet demand with the remarkable new iStent inject® implant. The smallest implant known to medicine, the iStent inject® contains two tiny stents crafted to continually manage intraocular pressure and naturally relieve the …

Alcohol acutely blocks the production of glucose in the liver, so drinking alcohol can cause a dangerous drop in blood glucose.  If your blood glucose drops too much, the liver may not be able to use its stored glucose to raise your blood glucose level. The danger for people with …

My decision to develop a multi-modality imaging center in the tri-county area is influenced largely by my passion to provide top quality medical imaging and interventional care to a community which I have called home for nearly 20years. As a resident of Lake County, and the son of a long-term Villages …

DR. ROBERT LUPO, D.C. For men between the ages of 40 to 70, erectile dysfunction is extremely common. Some causes of the disorder are vascular disease, which leads to narrowing of the arteries and decreased blood flow, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, physiological effects, and prostate cancer. It’s important to see …

A forward thinking Facility When individuals suffer from a stroke or are healing from a hip or knee replacement, or a fracture many times, it’s fitting to seek medical rehabilitation before returning home. To help patients recover at a safer, more efficient, and at a functional rate, rehabilitation professionals offer support …

High blood sugar and cardiovascular disease have more in common than most people are aware. In our country nearly 30 million people have diabetes, and a vast majority of our population unknowingly has what’s known as prediabetes, which quickly escalates into the disease within a short amount of time. The …

While most people will have infrequent, abnormal heartbeats in their lifetime, some will experience a cardiac arrhythmia, a condition in which the heart beats with an irregular or abnormal rhythm. Arrhythmias can be classified as too slow (bradycardia), too fast (tachycardia), too early (premature contraction), or irregular (fibrillation). Many cardiac …

According to the American Cancer Society, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. More people die of lung cancer in a year than from breast, prostate, colon and pancreatic cancer combined. Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in both men and women …