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Common Eye Conditions What They Are and How to Treat Them

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 …

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InterCommunity Cancer Center Promotes National Cancer Prevention Month by Encouraging Healthy Habits

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 …

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Spring Forward Into a New Lifestyle at Ave Maria

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 …

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The Importance of Healthy Nutrition for the Aging Population

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 …

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Common Sense Nutrition for Weight Control

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 …

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EPA, DHA, ALA: How to Decipher the Omega-3 Alphabet Soup

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 …

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How Your Nutrition Directly Affects Cancer

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 …

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Knee Pain? Back Pain? Neck Pain? No More!

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. …

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Nutrition & Weight Loss

We know that most diets don’t work, and so do you. With two-thirds of the adults in the United States overweight, and one-third of those classified as “obese,” it’s clear that what Americans have been doing to control their weight just isn’t working. Most diets involve eliminating certain foods or whole …

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Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer Saves Lives

By Vipul Patel, MD – Medical Oncologist at Florida Cancer Specialists As an oncologist, I know how a cancer diagnosis changes everything – not only for the patient, but also for his/her family and close friends. That is one reason why I want to spread the word that finding cancer at …

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