Collier Edition

Thrive in a Higher State of Consciousness: A portrait of a WILD WOMAN

(Associated with Dr. Nickerson’s Certified Holistic Mental Health Coach Training Program) We all want to be our best selves. Often times mental health challenges provide stumbling blocks to accessing our highest self and living out our best lives. However, the brain is very moldable and new thought, emotional and energy patterns can be developed bringing us closer to who we …

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Need an MRI? Here’s What You Should Expect

Magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, uses a powerful magnetic field and radio waves to create images of your internal organs, tissues, and structures. An MRI is a useful tool that can help your Physician make a diagnosis and create a treatment plan for your condition. You do not have to do much to prepare for an MRI, however knowing what to …

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A Groundbreaking Procedure Drastically Cuts the Risks of AFib Related Strokes

Are you on blood thinners for AFib? Are you finding that after long-term use, you’re bleeding and bruising more often? If so, you should speak to your cardiologist about your bleeding issues, as these can be life-threatening and even cause bleeding in the brain, which can lead to imminent death. Individuals with AFib have a 5X greater risk of stroke than …

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What’s Your Diet?

By Pastor Roger P. Felipe Weight-watchers. Nutrisystem. Mediterranean diet. Paleo. Living healthy has become a craze, although obesity in our country, rather legitimizes it. For many people it is about looking and feeling better, living longer, stronger and disease-free. These are all important reasons for eating clean, exercising, and learning to rest our bodies sufficiently. For Christians, however, trying to maintain …

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Dr. Katz Returns to Southwest Florida!

Learn about Hearing Loss, Ringing Ear, Hearing Technology, Vertigo, and Memory Research at One of Our Educational Lectures Provided Throughout Southwest Florida! By Hoglund Family Hearing and Audiology Services Hoglund Family Hearing And Audiology Center has been the educational resource for Southwest Florida for everything related to the human hearing system. Their popular “Lunch and Learn” seminar series has educated …

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GET MOVING WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Over 1 million people in the United States have Parkinson’s Disease. It is the second most common degenerative brain disorder. It is more common in the older population, but it can occur at any age. Parkinson’s occurs due to a loss of nerve cells in a part of the brain called the substantia nigra. This results in an impairment in the …

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Shoulder Pain What’s Really the Best Treatment for You?

Dr. H. Kurtis Biggs – Board-Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon Living in Florida provides abundant fair weather for all residents throughout the entire year. By way of good weather, the young and old alike are much more active. In our sunshine state, kids are playing sports and older individuals are golfing, playing tennis, pickleball, kayaking, swimming and the list goes on and …

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Frequent Colds? See the Chiropractor!

By Dr Deanna Barbaro As we face cold and flu season, avoiding illness is top priority. Avoiding exposure and contamination is not always possible. People generally try boosting their immune systems through natural supplements. There is yet another capable defense you can add to your arsenal of disease fighting weaponry: chiropractic care. Is everyone vulnerable? Often, when there is a …

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Want Firmer, Younger Looking Skin? A New Year – Could Mean A New You

Living in Florida, we are all more susceptible to the sun’s damaging rays, as our weather allows us to enjoy the outdoors all year round. Harmful UVB rays not only make us vulnerable to skin cancer, but they can cause severe premature aging. The sun’s photodamaging effects decrease our collagen level, which causes sagging, loss of laxity, wrinkles, and hyperpigmentation. …

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CERVICAL INSTABILITY: THE MISSING LINK IN MOST PAINFUL NECK CONDITIONS

By Ross A. Hauser, MD Cervical instability is associated with numerous medical conditions, including chronic headaches, migraines, whiplash-associated disorder and post-concussion syndrome, and can produce a myriad of disabling symptoms. (See figure 1.) Yet so many people suffer through the years, receiving treatments that chase the symptoms and, at best, only provide temporary relief, while not treating or entirely missing …

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