Hydrotherapy has been used for thousands of years to help people feel better. Putting together three of nature’s most powerful relieving agents: heat, water, and air, it invigorates and gently massages the body while easing away aches and pains. Three basic factors comprise hydrotherapy: Heat, Buoyancy, and Massage: . Heat …
Read More »ARE YOU A DISTRACTED DRIVER?
April is known as National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Everyone loves the freedom of getting behind the wheel of their car and just go, but are you easily distracted behind the wheel? Over 3,328 people nationwide were killed and over 421,000 were injured in motor vehicles accidents by distracted drivers. …
Read More »INTERCOMMUNITY CANCER CENTERS AND INSTITUTE SPOTLIGHTS ESOPHAGEAL CANCER
With so much news surrounding the prevention, detection and treatment of breast, prostate, colon and skin cancer, it can be easy to forget that other deadly forms of cancer do exist. According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), there will be approximately 17,990 newly diagnosed esophageal cancer cases in 2013. …
Read More »The Right Food May be Wrong For You
By Compton Chiropractic Care – You’ve seen your doctor, but nothing seems to explain the cause of these symptoms. Well get ready to change everything you ever thought you knew about your diet, nutrition and how to be healthy! Compton Chiropractic is now offering a new test that pinpoints exactly …
Read More »INTERCOMMUNITY CANCER CENTERS AND INSTITUTE USE INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY TO SPARE HEALTHY TISSUE IN COLON CANCER PATIENTS IMRT Uses Thousands of Tiny Beams to Increase Radiation Accuracy
In celebrating National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month this March, InterCommunity Cancer Centers (ICCC) and Institute (ICCI) of Leesburg and Lady Lake are educating its served communities about the importance of early detection and advanced treatments that are helping to save countless lives. Excluding skin cancers, colorectal cancer is the third …
Read More »ANGINA CHEST PAIN MY ACHING HEART!
It is all about supply and demand. The heart needs a plentiful supply of oxygen and nutrients to effectively nourish the body. When the body’s body’s demand exceeds the heart’s supply, complications arise. This imbalance between demand and supply results from high blood pressure and vessel narrowing leading to lack …
Read More »Hearing Loss: Prevention Through Nutrition
There are many ways to support and maintain healthy hearing–protecting ears from noise pollution, turning down the music, and getting a regular checkup from an audiologist, but nutrition also plays a key part in hearing preservation. Studies confirm that hearing loss and poor nutrition go hand and hand. An Australian …
Read More »Stem Cells Take Center Stage
By David Ebner, Staff Writer Stem CellsThe world will never forget the fate-filled day when four young men from Liverpool, England walked onto the stage of The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964. The bright stage lights and the squeals from the crowd rained down on the smiling group, and that …
Read More »MRI – Providing a Painless, Up-Close Look Without Harmful Radiation Exposure
By Dr. Brian Cartwright When detailed information about internal tissues or structures of the head or body is needed, doctors often rely on magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, to provide different or additional information than can be obtained from other diagnostic tests like x-ray, ultrasound, or computerized tomography. MRI utilizes …
Read More »Rid the Stress Before Spring
Stress is common year-round, but the winter season can be a particularly difficult time for many. The cooler temperatures, rainy days, and not as much sunlight as we are accustomed to are all potential stressors. With spring just around the corner, many people become overwhelmed with annual “spring cleaning” routines. …
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