Collier Edition

On July 20th, 1969 America did the impossible: it landed two men on the moon. To say this was an unfathomable concept for its time would be an understatement. In a time where basic computers filled entire buildings, the technology and know-how to launch a manned flight seemed decades beyond our grasp. In truth, the Apollo Program was an extraordinary …

The microvascular system is made up of our tiniest blood vessels.  This small map work of arterioles, capillaries, metarterioles and venules are all connected, and they each have a specific role to play within our vascular structure.  Whether it’s removing waste, disseminating hormones, feeding our microcirculatory system, or taking in nutrients, these microvessels are of extreme importance in our general …

By Drs. Drew and Kanema Clark February is American Heart Month, therefore it is only fitting that our focus be on the state of our hearts.  As important as it is to discuss how how our hearts should be filled with compassion, empathy, love and goodwill toward our neighbors, a more pressing conversation rests with the health of our beating …

By Mary Baron, RN, MS, iRNPA and Charlene Baron, RN, BSN, iRNPA Have you been to the doctor to find out that your blood pressure is high, and received the recommendation to “reduce your stress?” Do you then wonder what exactly are you going to do to reduce your stress and what does “stress” have to do with blood pressure and …

Right at Home is working with researchers from Harvard Medical School and software provider ClearCare to improve at-home senior healthcare by testing a new intervention strategy only with Right at Home’s 400 locations. The goals are to: • Implement a systematic process  for observing, reporting and monitoring changes in condition of our clients. • Prevent avoidable hospitalizations. • Improve health …

By Dr. Marc Havig Gabby presented to the surgery service at Animal Specialty Hospital of Florida (ASH) as a six-month-old domestic shorthair kitten for evaluation of a heart murmur secondary to a congenital heart defect known as Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA). “Spay-N-Save” – a non-profit organization – rescued the stray kitten outside of Orlando in Longwood, Florida. Gabby’s veterinarian diagnosed …

By Sue Ellen Mathers, Licensed Professional Realtor®, MBA, CNE, SRES, ABR Ijust visited one of my clients – and good friend – who is recovering from open heart surgery. This was not a planned event for the New Year! Whenever something like this happens to a friend it is a wakeup call. He was lucky, he didn’t feel well and …

By Toni Eatros, MS, Dipl Ac, AP If you walk into any pharmacy or grocery store, you will see rows and rows of antacid medications developed by Big Pharma to reduce the production production of stomach acid.  They have us convinced that stomach acid is evil and that we must stop its production.  What they don’t tell you is that …

By Rebecca M. Vaccariello “Undue influence” is a term of art in the legal profession that describes a situation where a person, due to the influence of another, makes choices that are not truly their own.  This situation can most commonly arise when a person’s health or mental status is compromised by physical illness or dementia.  As a litigator who …

Although our trash is disposable, the germs and bacteria left behind are not. Collectively, we just seem to accumulate more and more trash every year. The plastic trashcan is a convenience item that we have no problem filling with filthy rubbish. From everything like rotting food, dirty diapers, dog poop, wet paper towels and kitchen sponges, we quite literally throw everything …