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Volunteering Is Good For Your Health

What is good for the soul is good for the mind and the body as well, and there is no better way to feed the soul then to volunteer your time to an organization that you’re passionate about. It sounds too simple, right? Believe it or not, there are health benefits to volunteering for people of all ages and backgrounds. …

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Cutting Edge Technology and Science Meet to Make You Look Years Younger!

Swan Age Reversal Centers specializes in aesthetic procedures that help their clients look younger, thinner, and more vibrant. Due to huge year round demand for their services, a new Naples office is opening August 2014 and a Sanibel location is opening October 2014. Swan Centers services hundreds of clients and does thousands of procedures annually and have a 98% approval …

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What would rising interest rates mean to you?

Provided by RBC Wealth Management and John Barnes Following the financial crisis of 2008, many investors rushed to the investment “sidelines” in order to avoid risk of any kind. While understandable given the market environment those that chose to remain invested in the markets have been well rewarded as both bonds and stocks have posted strong performance numbers since then. …

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How to Enjoy Having Your Home Professionally Cleaned

Your house is a mess. You have no free time. You hate to clean. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. Over 100 million people in the US and Canada feel the same way. As you plan to hire house cleaning services, here are some tips that will make your experience even better. Remember that you’re hiring human beings If …

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Health Insurance – Medicare Annual Election Period & Health Care Reform (Obama Care) 2016 Open Enrollment is starting soon. Don’t be fined or miss your opportunity to change. Subsidy or No Subsidy it may apply to you!

By Ulla-Undine Merritt (Dee) National Producer Number (NPN) 8853366 Medicare October 15th-December 7th 2015 for January 1st, 2016 effective date. Everyone on Medicare should be looking at their Notification of Change booklets that you received from your current carriers. This applies to Medicare Advantage Plans and Part D, an annual review of your policies is always highly recommended. Medicare Advantage …

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Living with Diabetes? Understanding the Disease from a Diabetologist’s Perspective

– By Kara Jacobs – Dabetes is a term most Americans are becoming too comfortable with in their daily life. Recent studies show that more and more of our local population are being diagnosed with diabetes–a disease that is largely preventable. Charles Kilo, M.D., of Millennium Physician Group in Naples, remembers growing up when the diabetes rates were significantly lower. …

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Knee Pain Does Not Mean You Need Knee Replacement Surgery

By Physicians Rehabilitation Aperson with knee pain knows how often it gets in the way of doing the things they want and need to do in daily life. Because the knee is a weight bearing joint, knee pain affects almost everything we do that requires mobility, including those things most of us have usually taken for granted. For many, knee …

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Life-Threatening Sleep Apnea and the CPAP Alternative

By Dr. Rich Gilbert The word apnea literally means without breath. During sleep, the muscles and tissues of the upper airway can collapse and narrow or totally block the opening in the throat for air. The narrowing of the upper airway can produce sound – snoring. However, when the upper airway becomes completely obstructed breathing stops. This condition is called …

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Collier County Take Heart: The most advanced noninvasive nuclear stress test of the heart has arrived–Cardiac PET!

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 …

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Managing Lung Disease During the Holidays

By Phoebe Brown | Staff Writer   Typically, the holiday season brings family and friends together for many celebrations of love, joy and gratitude. However, for someone who has lung disease, the holidays can seem daunting. Between traveling, cooking and eating, someone could easily become fatigued. For people with lung disease, that fatigue could make breathing a difficult task. One …

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