Sarasota Edition

Pregnancy Can Lead to Painful Varicose Veins

Learn what you can do to prevent and treat this disorder By Federico M. Richter, MD Pregnancy is a miraculous time to celebrate and enjoy your body’s changes, as your little baby grows inside your womb. However, carrying this unborn child causes a lot of things to happen to your body. One of the issues many women face is painful …

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When Gallbladders Attack

Most people live their whole lives without thinking twice about their gallbladder. Anyone who has had a gallbladder attack, on the other hand, will never forget theirs. What is the gallbladder? How do you know if it’s acting up? What can you do about it? This article summarizes everything you ever needed to know about the gallbladder. Let’s start with …

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Nutrition Takes a Mediterranean Holiday

By Matthew Solomon Imagine for a moment, you are sitting in a café in a small coastal town off the coast of Greece. Everything seems perfect, the breeze of the Mediterranean, the sounds of music in the background and the smells of an impeccably prepared lunch waft around you. In that moment everything just seems, beautiful. But have you ever …

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$3,000 Per Hour

By Alex Anderson, Senior Associate Pastor at Bayside Community Church Every so often I’ll do a bit of executive coaching. I’ll spend a day with a medical, business or non-profit executive. We will end the day with very clear “take-aways” (actionable steps for an area of their life–business, family, or personal). It’s a lot of fun for me, but can …

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“My Doctor Said There Was No Help For Neuropathy… Until Now!”

Do You Suffer with Pain, Burning, Numbness and Tingling in Your Feet? Finally, after all these years of research there is a Medical Breakthrough Treatment for Neuropathy. 10-20 Million Americans suffer from Neuropathy. Many suffering do not even realize that the symptoms listed below could be due to Peripheral Neuropathy. If you suffer from one or more of these problems, …

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Aquatic Rehabilitation Therapy Can Help Ease Arthritis Symptoms

Many different forms arthritis affects over 50 million adults and 300,000 children in the U.S., and there are over 100 different types of joint disorders categorized under the term of arthritis.  Two of the main types of arthritis are Osteoarthritis (OA) and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).  With Osteoarthritis, wear and tear damages the cartilage in the joints and causes friction between the …

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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. Committed to alleviating your neck or back pain using …

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Need an Alternative to the Emergency Department? Skip the Wait at Millennium’s Walk-in Medical Center

By Kara Sabatino Feeling sick during the week or weekend and can’t get in to see your primary care doctor? There’s a new alternative to the busy Emergency Department! The Venice Walk-in recently expanded their hours to every day of the week. They are now open seven days a week from 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. The Venice Walk-in Center, …

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There’s More to It Than You Think

The role of the anesthesiologist in heart surgery goes well beyond pain management. When preparing for surgery, many patients think of the anesthesiologist as just the person behind the mask who puts them to sleep and wakes them when it’s over. They may not realize the comprehensive medical care the anesthesiologist provides between those two points and beyond. “Anesthesiologists play …

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1 in 12 Americans Will Develop a Distressing Disorder Are you at Risk?

By Ronald W. DeMasi, M.D. When illness strikes, it often blindsides its victims with acute symptoms that disrupt their lives. For individuals with incontinence issues, these changes are incredibly challenging to live with on a day-to-day basis. Our gastrointestinal tracts are intricately detailed to detoxify our bodies, but when they are damaged or diseased the detoxification methods become out of our …

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