Sarasota Edition

THE VAMPIRE FACIAL: AN INNOVATIVE ANTI-AGING TREATMENT

By Brianna Vance Fago, AGNP-BC and Nicole Burns, DO As we age, our skin naturally loses volume, elasticity, and glow, leading to wrinkles, fine lines, and a dull complexion. While there are many anti-aging treatments available, some people are looking for more natural and non-invasive options. One such treatment is the vampire facial. The Ultimate Solution for Acne Scars, Rosacea …

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Mental Health Awareness from a Psychiatry Standpoint

By Steven Stein, MD – Board-certified Psychiatrist Mental health awareness is a critical topic from a psychiatry standpoint. Psychiatry is a medical specialty that is focused on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders. Mental health issues are highly prevalent in our society, affecting millions of individuals worldwide. In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that one in …

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WELLNESS

We often hear and use the word “wellness” without necessarily considering its meaning. By Ramon A. Gil, M.D., Medical Director, Parkinson’s Disease Treatment Center of SWFL Simply put: wellness is the opposite of illness. As parents, it is logical to assume that we all want our children to be healthy. We are therefore very involved in caring for their wellness. …

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Finish What You Started with the Hodges University Wheel

Hodges University

It’s been a while since you took your last college class. You’re so close to earning your bachelor’s degree, but life got in the way and you had to put that plan on hold. You have that thought in the back of your head that someday, you’ll go back to school and finish what you started. You can join hundreds …

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5 Critical Interventions for Cognitive Impairment

5 Critical Interventions

It’s no secret that we rely on our brains for a number of important daily functions that help us navigate our world. This complex organ enables us to make reasonable decisions, focus and concentrate in our jobs, listen and communicate with others, or even remember where we placed the house keys. It’s easy to take all this for granted when …

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Coming This Month: The ER at Bayshore Gardens!

ER at Bayshore Gardens

Manatee Memorial Hospital hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on June 17, 2022, to celebrate the construction of a new freestanding emergency department – the ER at Bayshore Gardens. The new ER will expand access to emergency care 24-hours a day, seven days a week in Manatee County, and will be located at 5506 14th Street West, Bradenton, Florida, 34207. The new …

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Hormones and Sleep

Hormones

By Sandra Mannon, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC Your hormones are responsible for so many changes that take place within your body – they help you to grow, to reproduce, they regulate your appetite, and they manage your sleep. It’s hardly surprising then that different hormones can affect your sleep patterns in different ways. Let’s have a look at how they influence …

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Aging Gracefully in Each Dimension of Wellness

Aging Gracefully

When most people think about health their thoughts generally focus on physical health, and in recent years, more on mental health. However, according to many experts, wellness is comprised of six to eight mutually co-dependent dimensions: physical, emotional, social, spiritual, intellectual, environmental, occupational, and financial. If any one of these dimensions is neglected over time, it will adversely affect one’s …

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What You Need to Know About Going to the ER

Going to the ER

Whenever an illness or injury occurs, you need to decide how serious it is and how soon to get medical care. You basically have three options. You can call your health care provider and get an appointment, go to an urgent care center, or head to the emergency room. The answer boils down to one main question: how quickly do …

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Chronic Headaches and Chronic Migraines Are Often Caused By a Prior Neck Injury  

Chronic Headaches

By Dr. Drew Hall The head neck junction is one of the most complex biomechanical regions of the body. We have all heard the phrase “structure dictates function”. This phrase intimates that structural abnormalities in the spine can have a negative effect on the normal function of the body, especially in the upper cervical spine. In this article we will …

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