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Diet and Exercise Tips for the Aging Population

Diet and Exercise

Many people don’t feel like they have the time, willpower, or fortitude to embark on or follow through with health and fitness initiatives. It’s never too late to get started and finding motivation may be the key. Diet While both are critical for overall health, what we eat is equally or, in some cases, more important than exercise. Studies have …

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ARE YOU STILL TRYING TO MANAGE YOUR ARTHRITIS WITH SELF-CARE?

Many people try to cope with the pain of arthritis on their own, but it is best treated by medical professionals that understand the disease and can help their patients find substantial relief through interventional methods. Arthritis is an inflammation of the joints. Some of the common arthritic symptoms are joint pain, stiffness, warmth, immobilization, and loss of range of …

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Brain Transplant, Anyone?

By Tom Everts PA-C, IFMCP Sometimes you might feel like trading your brain in for a new one. Names keep slipping your mind, you can’t remember where you put your keys and you can’t keep up in a normal conversation? It can be really hard to deal with these types of symptoms. Unfortunately, no one has cracked the code of …

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Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect — A Real Problem in Florida

Nursing Home Abuse

By F. Scott Pauzar, Florida Litigation and Personal Injury Attorney Woodward, Pires & Lombardo, P.A. Due to our large population of retirees, Floridians are all too familiar with stories of nursing home abuse, neglect or exploitation. When a family member makes the transition to a nursing home, assisted living facility, or long-term care center, the resident, and their family members, …

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Love is in the Air

Love is in the Air

By Dr. Mary Nuosce February is National Heart Month. The focus is taking care of your cardiovascular health, which is something we should be doing every day. The heart is more than a muscle that pumps blood through our body. Pop culture says the heart is the epicenter of a powerful feeling: love. Ahhh….that feeling of love. Your day is …

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IMPROVE YOUR GOLF SWING & YOUR HEALTH

IMPROVE YOUR GOLF SWING

Want a Better way to Improve Your Gold Swing? When we think of exercise, many of us conjure up notions of long jaunts of exhausting bicycling, running, or lengthy sessions of cardiovascular workouts, but there is a better way to gain results and improve endurance, power, bone density and muscle tone. TRAINING WITH EMS IS THE KEY TO MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY …

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Unique Opiate Use Disorder Medication Also Eases Chronic Pain

Eases Chronic Pain

Opioid use disorder affects over 26 million individuals worldwide. In the United States, it is estimated that 2.4 million people suffer from opioid use disorder. Buprenorphine is an opioid receptor partial agonist and is available as a sublingual or buccal tablets or films, as well as a skin patch (indicated for pain management) and extended-release injectable formulations.1 When taken as …

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Setting Yourself Up for Success as a Caregiver

Success as a Caregiver

Courtesy of: Juan Ocanas, Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley According to the most recent statistics from the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, 53 million people provided unpaid care to an adult or child in 2020.1 These people may be spouses, partners, adult children, parents, other relatives, friends or even neighbors. And, many of these people may not even realize …

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Recent Study Shows CBD is Effective Against COVID

CBD is Effective Against COVID

By Stacy Roberts, Founder of Hempra Research recently shows that CBD may significantly reduce the symptoms of COVID, as well as play a role in prevention of the virus. The COVID viruses’ effects were proven to be blocked by CBD when given at high purity rates and concentrations. It is thought that cannabinoids such as CBDA, CBDV in CBD are …

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The Benefits of Charcoal For Your Skin – A Look at this Age-Old Ingredient

The Benefits of Charcoal

It seems counterintuitive to take an intensely black substance and apply it directly to your skin. But don’t let that stop you from enjoying the many benefits of this age-old ingredient. People have been using charcoal as a cleansing agent to remove toxins and bacteria for thousands of years, so it should come as no surprise that the beauty industry …

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