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If you’ve put off seeing your doctor for fear of catching or spreading the COVID-19 virus, Bayfront Health Medical Group wants you to know it’s safe and important to come in. Precautions for your safety include scheduling well-visits in the morning and ill visits for the afternoon, masking, checking temperature of all clinic visitors, screening clinic staff during the shift, …

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, clinical research has continued to bring promising new treatments to cancer patients. Twenty-one new cancer drugs received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2020 and some of these therapies were for difficult-to-treat cancers, such as triple-negative breast cancer.* No other field of medicine is changing as rapidly as oncology. Over the past …

COVID-19, otherwise known as Coronavirus Disease 2019, is a disease that comes from a coronavirus—an upper-respiratory illness that can be transmitted from person to person. It is common knowledge that smoking is bad for your health, however; the scientific and medical community is just beginning to understand COVID-19 and the health implications of smoking or e-cigarette use. While much is …

By James Ferrara, Lymphedema Therapist Lymphedema is a build-up of fluid and disposes the affected area to an ongoing inflammatory process that, if untreated, can progress to skin fibrosis, adipose tissue accumulation, and further accumulation of fluid, causing disfiguring swelling, disability, and infections such as cellulitis. Lymphedema Treatment Complete Decongestive Therapy 1. Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD)— A manual technique to …

Ask the majority of adults today how important omega fatty acids are, and they are sure to have an opinion on taking oral supplements or incorporating cold-water fish, krill, or algae into their daily diet. Several researchers, physicians, and key thought leaders in wound care began to develop prototypes based on omega fatty acid profiles to reduce inflammation, enhance blood …

By James W. Mallonee Can a child or care giver be accused of unduly influencing the preparation of an elderly person’s Will, and if so, is there a defense he or she can rely on? The answer is a guarded yes. It’s called the dutiful child or person exception. I recently experienced this with two clients who came to the …

By Joseph Onorato, MD, FAAD There are several different types of skin cancers ranging from mild and treatable to severe and life-threatening. Melanoma is by far the most detrimental due to its rapid proliferation. 1 in 5 people will develop skin cancer, and this year alone in the United States, over 100,000 new cases of melanoma are expected to be …

By Physicians Rehabilitation Got aching joints? It’s tough to be in constant pain, but one of the worst things is it puts a big damper on all of the activities that we love and enjoy. Do you want to improve your golf game, pickleball game, tennis, and card playing? Physicians Rehabilitation has several options to treat and retrain your joints …

Telemedicine (also referred to as telehealth) has become the main medium for healthcare workers that are able to do so. Telemedicine refers to the practice of caring for patients remotely when the provider and patient are not physically present with each other. Modern technology has let doctors to consult patients by using HIPAA compliant video-conferencing tools such as Zoom, TheraNest, …

As a mental health provider, I have recently been involved in much discussion about the mental health effects of COVID-19 infection. Patients often discuss the anxiety and depression associated with the fear of contracting the disease or the isolation necessary after becoming exposed or infected with COVID-19. A report from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention poll showed that …