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At 94 ½ years old, Edith Fedelem isn’t slowing down. In fact, The Carlisle Naples resident is inspiring her neighbors and showing that age is just a number. Fedelem, who has lived in Naples for over 40 years, credits the maintenance-free lifestyle with enabling her to continue fitness regimen which includes Water Aerobics and Chair Exercise classes. She moved to …

The issue of Elder Abuse is highlighted frequently in the media, however it is rarely reported that the most pervasive form of elder abuse remains the least and latest reported. In discussions of elder abuse, the literature typically fails to explore the most common form: self-neglect. When included statistically, self-neglect represents the highest percentage of elder abuse cases. The Public …

Many Children are NOT Getting the Treatment they Need It’s not uncommon for children to have mental disorders. Although medical professionals are still discovering new reasons for depression and anxiety to this day, we know that a tiny portion in the brain called the amygdala, stores emotional and threatening thoughts and memories from our early childhood to present day. Reported …

Prostate cancer is the third leading cancer among males. It is often a silent killer, as it rarely shows signs or symptoms until it has developed maturely and even metastasized into other areas of the body.1 This year alone, it will take over 31,620 men’s lives. But it doesn’t have to be this way! Prostate cancer can be diagnosed and …

Ovarian Cancer has a reputation of going undetected until the disease is advanced. At this point it commonly causes death due to the late stage diagnosis; that’s why it is often referred to as the “silent killer.” If left untreated, ovarian cancer rapidly grows and spreads into the abdominal and pelvic areas. Better public and health care provider education has …

By Anna M Avola DMD, MS More and more Americans are keeping their natural teeth as they get older. But over time those teeth yellow with age. Years of consuming tea, coffee, red wine and tomato products all take a toll of the outer surface of the tooth, casting a yellow hue to a once bright smile! Effects of smoking …

By Anne Marie Tremaine, MD As Floridians, we spend a lot of time in the water for work and fun. There are numerous different rashes that can occur from both marine and freshwater exposure. I wanted to run down some of the more common rashes I’ve seen associated with water exposure. The good news, these are all self-limited with simple …

Arthritis is an inflammation of the joints. Some of the common arthritic symptoms are joint pain, stiffness, warmth, immobilization, and loss of range of motion, fatigue, and inadequate blood flow. Two of the main types of arthritis are Osteoarthritis (OA) and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). With Osteoarthritis, poor movement mechanics and abnormal stress causes progressive deterioration of the joint. Injury or …

Neuropathic pain is a worldwide epidemic that occurs in 3 to 8% of individuals in industrialized countries and is often refractory to existing treatments. The high rate of addiction and overdose has pushed those treating chronic pain to look for alternatives. In July 2017, a 400-page report by the National Academy of Science presented plans to reduce the addiction crisis, …

Leptospirosis is an infectious disease that causes serious illness in dogs and other animals throughout the world. Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection that many dogs can acquire, and the number of veterinarians that are seeing this infection in their patients is growing. The concern is of course for our beloved pets, but also a major red flag since leptospirosis is …