Collier Edition

By George Leamon, CLTC – Investing in employer-sponsored 401(k) and 403(b) plans are important for your future and security during retirement. Yet, contributions to these plans are limited and may not provide enough income during your golden years, especially if you begin saving later in life. To ensure there is enough income later, an annuity may be a viable option …

By Blake W. Kirkpatrick, Esq., Florida Bar Board Certified Wills, Trusts & Estates Attorney – By now, many, if not all of you have read an article on the importance of having an Estate Plan. Rather than focusing on a particular estate planning topic, the purpose of the article is to point out some of those items that are often …

By Rosemarie Hurley, Certified Senior Advisor – The Baby-Boomer generation……. 77,000,000 people are living even longer than their parents who for many, are still living.  Families live further apart than before due to job constraints and the housing markets.  Preparing to keep our older generation safe is more important than ever. The latest published out of pocket costs for Long-Term …

By John’s Pharmacy – Homeopathic medicine is one of the safest approaches to self-care. For over 200 years, homeopathy has provided an effective, natural choice to treat physical and emotional conditions. Using therapeutically prepared micro doses of plant, mineral and biological sources, homeopathic preparations ensure a high standard of purity and are non-toxic. Homeopathy works with the body’s innate healing …

Step into the Spotlight with Dr. Sievers and Coach Karen: When it comes to turning your weight loss plan into results, maintaining gastrointestinal (GI) health cannot be overemphasized.  A properly functioning GI tract is not only vital to overall health, but it plays a key role in making or breaking your weight loss goals.  Even the best weight loss programs …

If you have been thinking that it’s been a busy season, you are right. Due in part to so many national articles, like Smithsonian Magazine naming Naples one of the Top Ten Small Towns of America this month, and Trip-Advisor naming us to their list of top 25 US beaches, the number of visitors to Naples was up 10% year …

By Juan Teodoro, D.M.D. – Dentists refer to a dental cleaning appointment as a “dental prophylaxis”.  The main purpose of this visit is prevention of dental disease and patient education. This is likely the most important and valuable dental visit a patient may ever make to the dentist.  A dental prophylaxis is done on patients that display gum pockets of …

By Dr. Vivian Ebert, Chiropractic Physician – Figure 1 Reveals: Unlevel shoulders and hands. She bears weight over her right leg and spine – the distance between the ankles should be even. There is a gap between her right side and right arm, but none on the left. Figure 2 Reveals: Forward head posture and forward weight bearing. The white …

By Dr. Rich Bimler, Lutheran Life Communities – Listen to what the people around you are saying these days. I am sure we all hear “Hi’s” and “How are you’s” as well as some affirming words and a few grumbles now and then, perhaps mostly now! Listen to ourselves also. Are we providing more complaining conversations than encouraging words to …

By Avow Hospice, Inc. – What she remembers most vividly is the sweetness of the spring air after the damp and cold of winter – what a pleasure it was to fling open the windows and fill her lungs completely with the smell of freshness and bright new beginnings. Now taking almost any kind of breath is a struggle for …