Central Florida Health and Wellness Magazine Health and Wellness Articles of the Villages
InterCommunity Cancer Center is excited and honored to announce that it is participating as an oncology provider for the national Veterans Choice Program (VCP). InterCommunity Cancer Center is part of Vantage Oncology, LLC, a leading national provider of radiation oncology services and integrated cancer care, which operates more than 50 …
Read More »Diabetes and Eye Health Diabetic Retinopathy
By Dr. Paul E. Collins If you have diabetes, you know how your body’s inability to use and store sugar can affect your health in many ways. When your bloodsugar gets too high, it can damage the blood vessels in your eyes. This damage may lead to diabetic retinopathy. Diabetes …
Read More »Awarded Most Innovative Dietary Supplement!
Advanced science is completely changing the way you age. Clinically-tested Liquid BioCellTM takes years off your appearance and remarkably reduces wrinkles from the inside-out without cosmetic injections and reduces the enzyme that can make your skin age. For younger-looking skin, it’s necessary to replace or rebuild the underlying structure. Unfortunately, …
Read More »SUFFERING FROM NEUROPATHY? OUR DOCTORS CAN HELP!
By Compton Chiropractic Care – Neuropathy, otherwise known by its symptoms of numbness, pins and needles, or even a burning sensation in the extremities, has several causes and is slowly becoming an epidemic in our society. DID YOU KNOW: In 1976, hundreds of otherwise healthy teenagers, reported to emergency rooms …
Read More »NOVEMBER IS LUNG CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
With the changing of the seasons and the holidays approaching, November has another significant meaning. It is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Many people don’t know but Lung cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in both men and women. However it is still the most common cause of cancer …
Read More »PARADY IN THE COMMUNITY:
Parady Financial Group CEO Greg Parady may be best known as the Layaway Santa who paid off over $20,000 worth of layaway Christmas gifts in 2013 at a Wal-Mart in The Villages, FL. His unexpected generosity garnered national attention from CNN, MSNBC, The Today Show, Time Magazine, Good Morning America …
Read More »Could Treating Lung Disease Lower Your Risk for Dementia?
By Cara Tompot | Staff Writer It’s 2015, and it feels like the healthcare dialogue has shifted greatly in the last decade. We live in a society that constantly uses buzzwords like Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Movies such as Still Alice and Away From Her have brought these debilitating conditions …
Read More »SAFETY: What you can’t hear CAN hurt you.
In the United States today, there are 36 million people living with untreated hearing loss.There are many reasons why each and every one of them should seek hearing care, including improvementof quality of life, but the foremost reason is SAFETY. Studies have shown that hearing impairment not only affects business, …
Read More »DISPELLING MAMMOGRAM MYTHS InterCommunity Cancer Center and Institute Spotlights Celebrates National Breast Cancer Awareness Month by Educating Women about the Benefits of Mammograms
According to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer is one of the most common cancers affecting women today. In 2015, an estimated 231,840 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in American women and approximately 40,290 women will die from it. The good news is that with regular …
Read More »Surprising Connection Between Dry Eyes and Menopause
By EyeSite of The Villages Menopause and perimenopause have many effects on women, none the least of which is dry eye. This condition increases a woman’s risk of visual impairment when left untreated. Interestingly, relatively few women recognize dry eye as a symptom of the hormonal changes that occur later …
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