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By Myles Rubin Samotin, MD – Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon, Fellowship Trained in Foot and Ankle – Look down at your feet right now! Do they seem different from ten years ago? Does your foot arch look the same as it did, or are you imagining that it has changed? Does your arch seem flatter to you? Well, maybe it …

Aurogram is a radiograph, or X-ray image, of the urinary tract, and the process of making one is known as urography. It is used in diagnostic testing for various conditions related to the urinary tract and is also used to follow up on treatment for conditions like kidney stones and cancers of the urinary tract. As a general rule, urography …

By Julian J. Javier, MD Cardiac and Vascular Specialist Your arteries and veins are like highways for blood transportation. This helps your organs function, delivers nutrients and hormones,  and contributes to essentially every bodily process. Like highways, they require maintenance and care to function properly. The circulatory system can be described as the road network within our city example.  Like …

By Randall Kenneth Jones As patients, we place extraordinary value on care, efficiency, attention-to-detail and, of course, convenience. We simply love to maximize our time. With the January 18, 2016, Grand Opening of the Physicians Regional – Crossroads Plaza Walk-in Clinic, patients in East Naples have much to celebrate. The brand new facility is located in the Crossroads Shopping Center …

James J. Buonavolonta M.D. What does the James J. Buonavolonta M.D. Cardiac Imaging/Cardiac PET Center have in common with the top 10 hospitals in America including Johns Hopkins Hospital, Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Duke University Medical Center, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, and the New York Presbyterian University …

By Cameron Kennerly – Staff Writer      At 5:39 a.m. on December 7th, 1972, Apollo 17 took a picture from 28,000 miles up. It revealed nearly the entire coastline of Africa and West Asia. Although this image would be officially titled “AS17-148-22727,” due to its appearance and size, it would be referred to as The Blue Marble, and marked the …

By Randall Kenneth Jones Though my recent heart attack scare was just that: a “scare”—it was frightening enough to make me think. First, why do we need to have a “scare” to make us sit up and take note? And second, considering my advancing age, I should be a bit kinder to my heart. After all, it has been very …

By Joseph Kandel, M.D. Neurology is the field of medicine that deals with the nervous system; this involves the brain and brain stem, the spinal cord, nerve roots, nerve twigs (peripheral nerves), muscles, and how they interact with everything in your body. It is the nervous system receptors that are responsible for appreciating pain throughout your body. Common neurologic disorders …

By Debra K. Brinker, RN The cervical spine is unique, consisting of vertebrae that are smaller and more mobile than all of the movable vertebrae of the spine. This high degree of mobility is necessary in order to move the head through its varied range of motion. The cervical ligaments, stabilizing structures primarily responsible for connecting adjacent bones, are especially …

By Yollo Wellness Turmeric is a spice that has been used in cooking for centuries. Scientists have determined that turmeric has many biological activities, although they do not fully understand exactly how it exerts these effects. From laboratory experiments, it has been deduced that substances in turmeric (called curcuminoids) prevent inflammation by inhibiting the molecules that mediate inflammatory reactions. Curcuminoids …