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By Laura Bittner The 2018 flu season has been a severe one. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), our current flu season is the worst in a decade. The individuals most at risk are children up to eight years old, adults, over 50 and individuals with chronic …

Have you or someone you know who has Medicare recently moved? If so, you need to notify Medicare & Social Security to update your address in their records. This also “starts the meter running.” You have 60 days to review and update your Medicare insurance. The coverage you currently have might …

By Virginia ‘Ginya’ Carnahan, APR, CPRC – PRprn, inc. This year’s flu “epidemic” is inspiring headlines across the nation, many debating the value of the “flu shot.”  Nevertheless, the most recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “FluView” update (February 9, 2018) reports that this year’s flu statistics confirm that this …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

There are a few main factors that contribute to the topic of the elderly and their proper nutrition. 1.  Access to food 2.  Digestive health 3.  Food preference 4.  Monetary allocation 5.  General and oral health 6.  Malnutrition Many seniors are considered malnourished.  This is mainly related to the fact …

By Dr. Latif Hamed MD, FAAO, MBA For many people, Glaucoma means high eye pressure.  This is only partially true. Glaucoma is a disease of the optic nerve that leads to gradual loss of its nerve fibers that is often but not always associated with high pressure.  The eye, like …