Lee Edition

Breast Health Isn’t Always Balck and White

By Yollo Wellness Medical DITI is a noninvasive adjunctive diagnostic technique that allows the examiner to visualize and quantify  changes in skin surface temperature. An infrared scanning device is used to convert infrared radiation emitted from YOUR skin’s surface into electrical impulses that are visualized in color on a monitor. This visual image graphically maps the body temperature and is …

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BODY IMBALANCE EQUALS HEALTH IMBALANCE

Health begins with Nerve System Function & Body Balance 1. Stress and Injuries Various stresses or injuries throughout our life can overload our system and therefore directly affect the ability of our brain, brain-stem and nerve system to control the body. These events can be big and represent things like slips, falls, & car accidents or they can be small …

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Massage Therapy Offers Benefits to Breast Cancer Patients

Every year, more than 300,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer. While treatments and cure rates have improved in recent years, breast cancer and the side effects caused by treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation still cause suffering. Massage therapy through the Massage Envy Wellness Program can offer relief from many of the painful symptoms and side effects of breast …

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Health Insurance – 2015 Open Enrollment and Annual Election Periods can be very confusing this fall.

By Dee Merritt Medicare enrollment period is now called Annual Election Period which runs October 15th to December 7th 2014 for January 1st 2015 effective date.  Medicare is for adults that are 65 or older, or others that are on Medicare due to disability. In September each year Medicare Advantage Plan Member ‘s and  Medicare Part “D” Prescription Drug Plan …

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Stay in the game – preventing sports injuries

By John C. Kagan, M.D. Whether you enjoy golf or tennis on the weekends, play soccer on a recreational sports team or never miss a chance to work out at the gym, a sprain, strain, pop, tear or pull can quickly relegate you to the sidelines. Unfortunately no one is immune to injuries from participating in athletic activity.  Even twisting …

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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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You have enough things on your mind. Your hair loss shouldn’t be one of them.

By LaDonna Roye, Hairstylist – Medical hair loss is caused by medical treatments such as chemotherapy and others.  Normally  its  a  temporary condition, reversing itself after treatments stop. It can be very disconcerting to the women who experience it. We specialize in helping women whose hair loss has been induced by medical treatments. We’re aware and sympathetic to the challenges …

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Long Term Care? Why have it?

By George T. Leamon, CLTC – Lutgert Insurance The baby boomer generation is becoming more aware that insurance plays a very important role in their lives. This could be one of the reasons why we are seeing an increase in the number of insurance agencies that are playing for our attention. Assisted living, rehabilitation, and life-altering illnesses are costly and …

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Top 7 Reasons to Get Your Leg Vein Evaluation and Treatment this FALL.

By Joseph Magnant, MD, FACS – There are many different presentations of leg vein problems although the most recognizable is that of varicose veins. Other signs and symptoms of venous reflux disease (also known as venous insufficiency, CVI, venous incompetence or leaky veins) include swollen, achy legs, restless legs, night time leg cramps and urination, diffuse spider veins, skin discoloration …

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Take Steps to Prevent Falls

By John C. Kagan, M.D. Falls can happen to anyone at any age, but according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), falls occur more often in senior adults and are the leading cause of injury deaths in persons over 65 years of age. In addition, patients with orthopedic issues are at an increased risk for falls. Fortunately, by making …

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