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By Valerie Sorge, NMD, PhD Vidaful Medicine is the only office in Southwest Florida that provides EON Body Contouring. Naples’ Vidaful office is excited to introduce this non-invasive revolutionary new way to lose fat. FDA cleared this device as safe and effective to reduce abdominal fat. Backed by years of research by industry leading scientists and doctors, EON leverages innovative …

By Dr. Cindy Vaccarino, DPT, PT Have you suffered an injury? Do you have a disability or an ongoing health condition? Are you between the ages of two and over 65? Then Physical Therapy may be for you. Some of the most common reasons that a person needs physical therapy range from recovering from a sports injury, improving mobility, managing …

During my experience as a Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon, I’ve seen many changes in breast reconstruction technology. Even before my training at Duke University in 2002, more aggressive approaches to cancer removal were used, in which the breast was amputated. At Duke we made advances utilizing the body’s own tissues, to recreate new breasts, such as the “tram-flap,” where we …

Jose M. Baez, M.D., F.A.C.P., Board Certified by American Board of Internal Medicine Breast cancer is a disease in which malignant cells form in the breast tissue. It can affect both men and women, though it is much more common in women. It is estimated that 1 in every 8 women in the United States will have breast cancer in …

It’s a beautiful Sunday afternoon on the golf course; the greens are freshly cut and the sun shining.  You drive up to the tee box for the first shot of the day.  You bend over to put the tee in the ground and out of nowhere the stabbing, knife-like low back pain hits you hard. If the above scenario sounds …

We’ve all heard it before…the story of a married couple who couldn’t see eye to eye when it came to finances and got divorced; the story of the successful CEO who lost touch with his family and became very unhealthy due to the stresses of his financial mistakes; the story of the widow who was all alone when they lost …

By Aubrey Fulton APRN “Let’s grab a drink.” I can’t, I am in a weight loss program! “Pizza on Friday?” I can’t, I’m on a weight loss journey! “There are donuts in the break room!” I can’t, I just can’t! Being enrolled in a weight loss program and managing your health doesn’t mean you have to sit at home alone …

By Arlynne Kingsman, R.N. Going through cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation can cause a multitude of side effects for a patient: fatigue, nutritional deficiencies, decreased oral intake, myalgias, weakness, gingivitis, and oral sores, just to name a few. It is important for cancer patients to keep their vitamin stores at high levels to help decrease these side effects. …

By Richard J. Capiola, MD Everyone has feeling of sadness and loneliness from time to time. This is a normal part of life and growing older. However, when these feelings last for long periods of time and take away from day-to-day life, they need to be treated. It is estimated that more than 6 million adults over the age of …

By Sydney Tateo, DNP, ARNP October is breast cancer awareness month. Each year I like to take this opportunity to educate others as to why checking your skin is so important, not just in regards to skin cancer, but also in the setting of breast cancer. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer amongst women, with skin cancer being …