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Q: How common is skin cancer? A: One in five Americans will develop some form of skin cancer. Most of these are basal-cell and squamous-cell carcinomas. Melanoma, while not the most common, is the most serious form of skin cancer and continues to show increasing rates. One American dies every hour from melanoma. If melanoma is recognized and treated early, …

March is National Nutrition Month and the Greater Naples YMCA wants you, your family and your children to eat healthy! We all know that a balanced diet, along with healthy living habits and exercise can and will contribute to a better life – and here are a few tips that will go a long way to help you do just …

By Randall Kenneth Jones We have all been there. We are having a chat with a friend who shares: sorry I can’t go with you tomorrow—I’m prepping for a colonoscopy. Then they groan—they always groan. For those of us with a family history of gastrointestinal issues—and routinely undergo colonoscopies—we know better. There’s really nothing to groan about. True, colonoscopy prep …

By Maren Auxier – Staff Writer     Stem cell therapy is gaining worldwide support from international policymakers, including the U.S. Congress and the Roman Catholic Church, helping progress the field of regenerative medicine. Congress passed the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act on Dec. 16, 2015, securing stem cell industry funding for at least 5 more years. The Vatican …

By Joseph Kandel, M.D. Have you been told by friends and family that you just don’t focus? That you can’t seem to pay attention? Has this been an ongoing issue, but now you feel it is time to address it? Well, no matter what you may have read or heard, Attention Deficit Disorder is a very real condition. There is …

Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a rare brain disorder that causes serious and progressive problems with control of gait and balance, along with complex eye movement and thinking problems.  PSP and Parkinsons present very similar, but they are quite different. Due to the fact that there isn’t a lot of resources out there for PSP or an over abundant of …

By Debra K. Brinker, RN Most of us walk and go about our daily activities without much thought to the structure and stability of our knees, until they begin to hurt or we sustain an injury from a fall or while playing sports. Injuries to the ligaments of the knee are quite common. How often do we hear of athletes …

Do You Suffer with Pain, Burning, Numbness and Tingling in Your Feet? Finally, after all these years of research there is a Medical Breakthrough Treatment for Neuropathy. 10-20 Million Americans suffer from Neuropathy. Many suffering do not even realize that the symptoms listed below could be due to Peripheral Neuropathy. If you suffer from one or more of these problems, …

By Dr. Eric Hochman, MD Gulfshore Concierge Medicine As Hippocrates once noted in the 5th century BC: “Let food be thy medicine, and let thy medicine be food”. He spoke of the value in eating well and recognized that certain foods influence good health.  Obviously much time has passed since those early days, but food and nutrient consumption still play …

By Dr. Stan Headley The cancer world needed a game-changing product to give cancer patients more than just a “fighting chance” to survive cancer and the aggressive therapies used to kill cancer cells.  Patients have two great fears, first is the fear of the cancer itself, and the second is the fear of treatments such as chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery.  …