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If you wake up and your eyes are barely lubricated, find it hard to blink enough tears, have a gritty sensation in your eyes throughout the day, or are feeling that your eyes are simply irritated, you might be suffering from “dry eye”. It occurs when the quantity or quality of tears diminishes and can no longer lubricate the eye …

COVID has caused us all to focus on health issues. It is flaring up again as you read this. We tend to avoid focusing on a major future health issue which is the possible need for Long Term Care or assisted living situations down the road. There are two main reasons for this. One, people think “I’m healthy. It won’t …

APSA (prostate-specific antigen) count, which tests the blood for specific protein-synthesized prostate cells can help diagnose prostate cancer. The higher the number of PSA, the more likelihood of impending cancer. There is also a more advanced test of free-range prostate PSA cells; this test typically reads higher in men that have undiagnosed prostate cancer. The earlier your PSA levels are …

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By Ian M. Kahane, MD Nine out of ten adults in the U.S. suffer from severe headaches, and women are three times more likely than men to develop migraines. These painful headaches can affect individuals occasionally, frequently, or daily. Some migraines may be sharp and piercing, others may be dull and throbbing, but most migraines cause debilitating pain and nausea. …

Bayfront Health Punta Gorda is offering monoclonal antibody therapies for the treatment of some cases of COVID-19 “For certain individuals recently diagnosed with COVID-19, monoclonal antibody therapy may help prevent hospitalization or worsening symptoms,” said Simon Grinshteyn, M.D., FAPWHc, BC-ADM, family medicine provider with Bayfront Health Medical Group. “The infusion consists of man-made antibodies that mirror the antibodies of patients …

By James W. Mallonee I’ve recently had two situations arise that cause me to author this article for the purpose of informing you what not to do when it comes to making real estate titling decisions. The situation is as follows: Prior to getting married, two individuals (I’ll call them Mom and Dad) purchased a property. The property was titled …

Evidently, the last few years within the Florida cannabis industry have progressed rapidly with proposed changes such as the Smoking amendment that currently allows patients to purchase cannabis for smoking use. Other small victories such as defeating a proposal for recreational cannabis that would have further exacerbated the issue of vertical integration have created quite the storm of optimism among …

Those with arterial and venous disease now have a new health care resource in Charlotte County. Board-certified vascular surgeon Michelle DesChamplain, M.D., FACS, has joined the Bayfront Health team and is now seeing patients. Originally from Virginia, Dr. DesChamplain practiced vascular surgery in Georgia, Pennsylvania and Virginia before moving to the area. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from …

A cancer diagnosis changes everything; it is, perhaps, the most feared diagnosis a doctor can deliver. Every cancer patient wants to be assured they have access to the most advanced treatments, delivered by a physician who is both experienced and compassionate … and it helps tremendously if treatment can be administered in a community setting, close to home, so the …