We use our eyes for nearly everything we do, so when we encounter vision problems or eye discomfort, we want rapid, effective solutions, the kind you’ll find at Lake Eye Associates. One of the most common and uncomfortable conditions is chronic dry eye, which causes nearly 30 million Americans to …

By this time of the year, many of us are struggling to keep New Year’s resolutions, especially those dealing with adopting a healthier lifestyle. National Cancer Prevention Month, is a good time to recommit to goals of making and maintaining lifestyle changes that can lead to a longer, healthier life. According …

Ave Maria is a 4,000-acre master-planned community.  Developer, Barron Collier Construction, kept in mind the need to develop a town that was for all ages, from growing families to seniors and they did it with great pride, making sure the specifics were perfect and that the homes are of the highest …

American House Many seniors, unfortunately, lack proper nutrition. This deficiency is directly related to the fact that the elderly often rely  on canned foods, frozen foods, or foods that are quickly consumed and digested, like simple carbohydrates.  These meal options are usually loaded with sugar, salt, chemicals, and preservatives. Recent studies …

By Roana Bustin, MSN, ARNP By this time, the New Year’s resolutions most of us have made regarding our diets have gone by the way-side. So, we’re back to our old habits. However, getting to the basics of common sense nutrition is probably a much more manageable goal than following the …

By Anne-Marie Chalmers, MD It’s easy to get lost in the alphabet soup of the omega-3 fatty acid world. Acronyms like EPA, DHA, DPA, ALA, and SDA represent just a few of the members of the omega-3 family – and even that abbreviated list is enough to give consumers and …

In the U.S., nearly 1,500 people die each day from cancer. In the last 24 hours, 3400 people got word of a new cancer diagnosis. In 1900, 1 of every 33 deaths was due to cancer. In 2007, over 1 of every 4 deaths was due to cancer. North America’s …

Non Surgical Procedures Options To Relieve Pain By Physicians Rehabilitation Physicians Rehabilitation specializes in relieving knee, back, and neck pain through the least invasive non-surgical  methods known in the modern medical field. Physicians Rehabilitation physical therapists design a unique program for each patient that requires two or three sessions a week. …

Diet, exercise and getting recommended screenings are some of the ways to lessen your risk of cancer. According to the National Institutes of Health, certain lifestyle choices can lessen the chances an individual has of developing cancer. However, even though most Americans know that choices such as quitting smoking, protecting …

Dr. Sivasekaran, MD Colon cancer is the third most common type of cancer in the United States.  It affects nearly 50,000 Americans each year.  If caught early on, it can easily be treated.  Typically small polyps are the cause of colorectal cancer, as they tend to become cancerous rather quickly and …