Charlotte Edition

By Dr. Alexander Gaukhman It doesn’t matter if you are the highest rated celebrity or the poorest man in the country. Oral cancer hits without warning, and if the disease is not caught early, death sentence is almost inevitable. Estimations showed, that almost 8,000 are most likely to die from the disease, because they have been diagnosed in such a …

By Dr. Noël Crosby, Au.D. Hearing loss is one of the most prevalent chronic conditions in the United States.  It affects more than nine million Americans over the age of 65 and 10 million Americans age 45 to 64.  It is unfortunate that about three out of five older Americans with hearing loss and six out of seven middle-aged Americans …

By James W. Mallonee The Florida Legislature created Florida’s statute Chapter 222 which lists a variety of exemptions from creditor claims. One of those exemptions is to protect individuals IRA’s under a plan that qualified for 401(a), s. 403(a), s. 403(b), s. 408, s. 408A, s. 409, s. 414, s. 457(b), or s. 501(a) status under Federal code.  Generally speaking, …

By Alex Anderson Mayflies I had this crazy thought. See if you can follow me on this. I’m 53 years old. If I live to be 86 years old (a very real possibility given my genes) then I have 33 years left. At first this sounds like a lot of time, and it is, unless the perspective is changed to …

Symptoms of stress can affect your health and you may not even realize why your health is declining. Oftentimes, many people make the mistake of blaming an underlying illness is the cause of decreased energy, a headache that just won’t go away, or endless nights of sleeplessness. The truth is, most of the time, stress is actually the cause of …

Imagine loosing something that you have been dependent on since the day that you were born. Sight is one of the senses that we become the most dependent on, and as we age it’s one of the senses that is compromised the most. Many people with low vision have macular degeneration. The disease is common in people over 70 years …

By Cara Tompot | Staff Writer It’s 2015, and it feels like the healthcare dialogue has shifted greatly in the last decade. We live in a society that constantly uses buzzwords like Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Movies such as Still Alice and Away From Her have brought these debilitating conditions into the limelight. Just recently at a World Health Organization …

By Joseph Kandel, M.D. Having practiced in southwest Florida for more than 20 years as a Board Certified Neurologist, one thing is certain in health care: getting people moving and keeping them active is the key to health care. But there are so many illnesses and injuries that can prevent people from being active; from simple sprains and strains of …

By Jodi Gootkin, PT, MEd, Director of Broward College Physical Therapist Assistant Program offered at Florida SouthWestern State College It may not be surprising to learn that more than two thirds of Americans own a Smart Phone and for 10% of us it is our only access point to the internet.1 Personal electronics have transitioned from simple mobile telephones to …

Aterm or concept that is becoming more and more popular these days is “aging in place” – being able to stay in one’s homes as one grows older. Most likely the aging of a large group of baby boomers has a lot to do with this. More and more people are concerned about their ability to live comfortably in their …