Sarasota Edition

This Thanksgiving, Try This

By Alex Anderson I have this incredibly wealthy friend. Well, he’s wealthy by my standards anyhow. If I had to guess, his net worth  is somewhere north of say, a hundred million dollars. He’s also very  giving. One of the kindest people you’ll every meet. And he has, at times, been very generous to me. Which, by the way, gave …

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Revolutionary Chronic Back Pain Relief Technology Comes to Bradenton

Dr. Zamikoff & his team have given back  hope for Bradenton residents, whose active lifestyles have been put on hold due to chronic and severe back pain, thanks to a treatment new to the area. Dr.David Zamikoff of Natural Healing Arts Medical Center in Bradenton was selected as one of America’s Best Chiropractors for 2014 by the National Consumer Research …

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New Advances in Compression Therapy for Limb Swelling

A common challenge faced in the medical field is finding the cause of an individual’s limb swelling. Any limb swelling may be your body’s way of letting you know there is a potential underlying condition that can cause even more damage if left untreated. When swelling in a limb becomes chronic, pinpointing the origin is vital to getting proper treatment. …

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Understanding Chronic Pain and Treatment

Chronic pain is a very unfortunate reality for many people. Daily painful conditions can cripple patients not only physically but also emotionally.  Stressors from dealing with ongoing pain can cause emotional distress for suffers such as depression and anxiety. It may also cause relationship problems. Patients are not able to participate as fully as they would like in family events, …

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MonaLisa Touch Therapy for Vaginal Dryness and Pain

As women age and approach the menopause years in their late 40’s and early 50’s, estrogen levels rapidly decline. The result is a long list of changes that may affect women’s overall health and quality of life. These may include painful vulvar and vaginal dryness with intercourse, urinary frequency and incontinence, and relaxation of the vaginal walls. For decades, the …

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Regain Your Mobility for A Better Quality of Life ACCELERATED KNEE REPLACEMENT RECOVERY NOW AVAILABLE IN FLORIDA!

If your knee has been damaged by injury or one of the three most common causes of chronic knee pain (osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and post-traumatic arthritis) it may be hard for you to do simple things such as walking, climbing stairs or doing your favorite outdoor activities.  You may even begin to experience pain while you are sitting or lying …

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Making Mammograms Affordable and Saving Lives

The first recorded description of cancer was found as early as 2500 – 3000 B.C. Since then, technological advancements have brought us a long way with the more accurate diagnosis and treatment options that are available today. While survival rates have vastly improved, breast cancer remains an epidemic. According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 231,840 new cases were diagnosed …

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Prostate Cancer (and other diagnoses): Where To Find Advice You Can Trust

By Virginia “Ginya” Carnahan, APR.CPRC, Director of Marketing & Development, Dattoli Cancer Center & Brachytherapy Research Institute The kindly doctor in the white coat has just told you that you have cancer.  In a blink of an eye your world comes to a halt.  You suddenly doubt your own hearing.  Did I hear that right?  Me?  I have cancer?  Your …

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Interventional Therapies for Headaches

Headaches can be crippling. They can start with or without a history of trauma or illness. Here  at Sarasota Pain Relief Centers, we have interventional therapies that have been useful in the treatment of headaches. Botulinum Toxin (Botox) has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of migraine headaches. This therapy was identified as a potential source of relief …

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The Right Approach for a Common Knee Injury

By Daniel Milam, D.O., Orthopaedic Surgeon Meniscus Tear/Knee Injury Treatment Recently, my six-year-old son has gotten into telling jokes. While some are reasonably funny, others take a little creativity on my part to belt out a laugh.  The other day, however, he told me a pretty good one. “What did the orthopedic surgeon say to the gingerbread man that hurt …

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